HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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1995 T114.20

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Miller (FL)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Rush

Sabo

Salmon

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stokes

Studds

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—20

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Becerra

Chenoweth

de la Garza

DeFazio

Doolittle

Ensign

Frost

Gibbons

Moakley

Mollohan

Reynolds

Schaefer

Sisisky

Torkildsen

Tucker

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Wilson

So the resolution was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T114.18 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REFORM

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, pursuant to House Resolution 219 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the consideration of the bill

(H.R. 1670) to revise and streamline the

acquisition laws of the Federal Government, to reorganize the mechanism for

resolving Federal procurement disputes, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. WELLER as Chairman of

the Committee of the Whole; and after

some time spent therein,

T114.19 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois:

Strike out sections 101, 102, 103, and 106 and

insert in lieu of section 101 the following:

SEC. 101. COMPETITION PROVISIONS.

(a) CONFERENCE BEFORE SUBMISSION OF

BIDS OR PROPOSALS.—(1) Section 2305(a) of

title 10, United States Code, is amended by

adding at the end the following paragraph:

‘‘(6) To the extent practicable, for each

procurement of property or services by an

agency, the head of the agency shall provide

for a conference on the procurement to be

held for anyone interested in submitting a

bid or proposal in response to the solicitation for the procurement. The purpose of the

conference shall be to inform potential bidders and offerors of the needs of the agency

and the qualifications considered necessary

by the agency to compete successfully in the

procurement.’’.

(2) Section 303A of the Federal Property

and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41

U.S.C. 253a) is amended by adding at the end

the following new subsection:

‘‘(f) To the extent practicable, for each procurement of property or services by an agency, an executive agency shall provide for a

conference on the procurement to be held for

anyone interested in submitting a bid or proposal in response to the solicitation for the

procurement. The purpose of the conference

shall be to inform potential bidders and

offerors of the needs of the executive agency

and the qualifications considered necessary

by the executive agency to compete successfully in the procurement.’’.

‘‘(b) DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE SELECTION

PLAN IN SOLICITATION.—(1) Section 2305(a) of

title 10, United States Code, is further

amended in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking out ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (A);

(B) by striking out the period at the end of

subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following new

subparagraph:

‘‘(C) a description, in as much detail as is

practicable, of the source selection plan of

the agency, or a notice that such plan is

available upon request.’’.

(2) Section 303A of the Federal Property

and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41

U.S.C. 253a) is further amended in subsection

(b)—

(A) by striking out ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1);

(B) by striking out the period at the end of

paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘;

and’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following new

subparagraph:

‘‘(3) a description, in as much detail as is

practicable, of the source selection plan of

the executive agency, or a notice that such

plan is available upon request.’’.

(c) DISCUSSIONS NOT NECESSARY WITH

EVERY OFFEROR.—(1) Section 2305(b)(4)(A)(i)

of title 10, United States Code, is amended by

inserting before the semicolon the following:

‘‘and provided that discussions need not be

conducted with an offeror merely to permit

that offeror to submit a technically acceptable revised proposal’’.

(2) Section 303B(d)(1)(A) of the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of

1949 (41 U.S.C. 253b) is amended by inserting

before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and provided that discussions need not be conducted

with an offeror merely to permit that offeror

to submit a technically acceptable revised

proposal’’.

(d) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS OF COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.—(1) Section 2305(b)(2) of

title 10, United States Code, is amended by

adding at the end the following: ‘‘With respect to competitive proposals, the head of

the agency may make a preliminary assessment of a proposal received, rather than a

complete evaluation of the proposal, and

may eliminate the proposal from further

consideration if the head of the agency determines the proposal has no chance for contract award.’’.

(2) Section 202B(b) of the Federal Property

and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41

U.S.C. 253b(b)) is amended by adding at the

end the following: ‘‘With respect to competitive proposals, the head of the agency may

make a preliminary assessment of a proposal

received, rather than a complete evaluation

of the proposal, and may eliminate the proposal from further consideration if the head

of the agency determines the proposal has no

chance for contract award.’’.

(e) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The

Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to reflect the amendments made by

subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d).

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 182 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 239

T114.20 [Roll No. 660]

AYES—182

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frelinghuysen

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Meyers

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Roberts

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Skaggs

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Taylor (MS)

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOES—239

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)