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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2635 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2635

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide increased contracting 
opportunities for private firms by encouraging agencies of the Federal 
Government to enter into contracts for commercial activities performed 
        for State and local government, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 1993

   Mr. Thomas of Wyoming (for himself, Mr. Boehner, and Mr. Schiff) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                         Government Operations

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide increased contracting 
opportunities for private firms by encouraging agencies of the Federal 
Government to enter into contracts for commercial activities performed 
        for State and local government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Competition Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) Federal, State, and local government agencies have a 
        significant need for services that can be provided by private 
        enterprise.
            (2) The Federal Government, and State and local government 
        agencies using Federal funds, have built significant 
        capabilities that duplicate or are competitive with private 
        firms.
            (3) There is significant capacity within the private 
        sector, including many small businesses, that has long been 
        under utilized by Federal, State, and local governments and is 
        capable of providing services to government agencies.
            (4) The Federal Government should not compete with the 
        private sector when providing services to State and local 
        governments.
            (5) Expanded use of private firms can increase competition 
        and lower the costs of government agencies.
    (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the Federal Government to rely to 
the maximum extent possible on private sector sources to provide 
property and services needed by the Federal Government.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

    Section 6505(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) An executive agency may not provide commercial activities (as 
defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, as in effect 
on the date of the enactment of the Fair Competition Act of 1993) to a 
State or local government, unless a public notification and search of 
potential private sector providers by the executive agency determines 
that an activity is of such a unique nature that no private sector 
provider can perform such services.''.

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