Bills · 119th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/31/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/3/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 417–0 on March 3, 2025 (Roll Call 54 →). Received in the Senate on March 4, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 3/3/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic206 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Not voting
  • Republican211 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.

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Sponsor
Rep. Byron Donalds ( Republican · FL-19)
Cosponsors
1
Introduced
1/31/25
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (11)
  1. 1/31/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/31/25Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  3. 3/3/25Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  4. 3/3/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H932-933)
  5. 3/3/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 856.
  6. 3/3/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  7. 3/3/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H937-938)
  8. 3/3/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932)
  9. 3/3/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932)
  10. 3/3/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. 3/4/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.