HR 856referred119th Congress

Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act

Introduced Jan 31, 2025House billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Mar 4, 2025Sponsor: Byron Donalds(R-FL)

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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeOversight and Government Reform Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Mar 4, 2025

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$1.4M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 31, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Mar 3, 2025vote

Ted Lieu voted yea

Mar 3, 2025vote

Barry Loudermilk voted yea

Mar 3, 2025vote

Darin LaHood voted yea

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by AMERICAN MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Official Congressional Actions

Mar 4, 2025IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Mar 3, 2025Floor

At 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.

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Mar 3, 2025Floor

Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

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Mar 3, 2025Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES	$760.0K	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	GOVBUDDEF
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY & AFFILIATES	$600.0K	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	BUDDEFHOM

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Ted Lieu	D	yea	Mar 3, 2025
Barry Loudermilk	R	yea	Mar 3, 2025
Darin LaHood	R	yea	Mar 3, 2025
Jake Auchincloss	D	yea	Mar 3, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.