Clarity Act

Bill: 117-hr-8157
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2022-06-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Clarity Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires additional transparency in federal procurement of food during supply chain disruptions.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires each executive agency, during a period in which there is a disruption in the supply chain of an item of food, to transmit in a timely manner information concerning the procurement of such item by the agency to the General Services Administration for entry into the Federal Procurement Data System.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8157 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 21, 2022 Mr. Donalds (for himself and Mr. Carter of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 41, United States Code, to require additional transparency in Federal procurement during supply chain disruptions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clarity Act . 2. Additional transparency in Federal procurement during supply chain disruptions (a) Requirement Chapter 17 of division B of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1714. Additional transparency in Federal procurement during supply chain disruptions During a period in which there is a disruption in the supply chain of an item of food, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce, the head of each executive agency shall transmit in a timely manner information concerning the procurement of any such item by the agency during such period to the Administrator of General Services for entry into the Federal Procurement Data System referred to in section 1122(a)(4) (or any successor system). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1713 the following new item: 1714. Additional transparency in Federal procurement during supply chain disruptions. .