Department of Homeland Security Procurement Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-803
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Corporation taxes
Credit cards
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Debit cards
Department of Homeland Security
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publications
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Secret service
Standards
Subsidiary corporations
Tax evasion
Taxation
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: 
Department of Homeland Security Procurement Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require: (1) the Chief Procurement Officer to provide homeland security procurement training to acquisition employees, including establishing training objectives, standards, requirements, and courses; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Council on Procurement Training to make policy and training curriculum recommendations.
 
Directs the Secretary to require any offeror for a contract to provide goods or services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit, as part of the offeror's bid: (1) an attestation disclosing any substantial role the offeror, the offeror's employees, or any corporate parent or subsidiary may have played in creating a solicitation, request for proposal, or statement of work or objectives for DHS; (2) a description of safeguards used to prevent the offeror from receiving information through such role that could provide an undue advantage in submission of a contract offer; and (3) a written certification indicating whether the offeror is in default or delinquent on any tax payment to the federal government.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) consider the contractor's past performance based on a review of information submitted regarding performance of government and private sector contracts; and (2) contact the relevant official who administered each such contract performed during the five-year period preceding the review. 
 
Requires the Secretary to review, strengthen, and issue DHS-wide guidance on the policy governing the use of DHS purchase cards by employees to conduct official business.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on DHS contracting processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Provisions of Measure Incorporated into Section 401 of H.R. 1684 as introduced.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E616-617)
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E258)
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-05
text: Introduced in House