,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjag,mr4 
,duncan of ,tennessee introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #da1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require executive agencies to use    
competitive procedures for procurement  
contracts valued at an amount equal to  
or greater than #aj1jjj1jjj1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,stop ,waste in
 ,government ,contracting ,act of #bjag4
  #b4 ,competitive procedures for       
procurement contracts equal to or       
greater than #aj1jjj1jjj  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ccja of title #da1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7d7 ,procurement contracts 
equal ,to or greater than #aj1jjj1jjj   
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 except as provided in section      

#ccjd7;a77#f71 an executive agency1 in  
conducting a procurement for property or
 services valued at an amount equal to  
or greater than #aj1jjj1jjj1 shall use  
competitive procedures1 in accordance   
with the requirements of this section4  
4  7b7 ,applicability ,subsection 7d7 of
 section #ccja of title #da1 ,united    
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a71 shall apply with respect to        
solicitations issued on or after the    
date that is #ij days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4  #c4 ,report
 on ,federal ,procurement ,data ,system 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,inspector ,general of   
the ,general ,services ,administration  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,government ,reform of   
the ,house of ,representatives a        
report--  7#a7 on updating the ,federal 
,procurement ,data ,system and data     
stored on such system during the        
preceding #aj-year period2  7#b7 that   

identifies any issues of each executive 
agency relating to the use of the       
,federal ,procurement ,data ,system that
 may have affected the reliability of   
the data stored on such system2  7#c7   
that details1 to the extent practicable1
 which data is potentially unreliable2  
and  7#d7 that includes recommendations 
for improving the ,federal ,procurement 
,data ,system4  7b7 ,executive agency   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
executive agency has the meaning given  
that term in section #acc of title #da1 
,united ,states ,code4