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H.R. 5995 · 114th Congress

GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

Law · 114-260 · Dec 14, 2016
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  1. House Introduced Sep 12, 2016
  2. House Passed Sep 21, 2016
  3. Senate Passed Nov 30, 2016
  4. President To the President Dec 5, 2016
  5. President Signed Dec 14, 2016
  6. Law Dec 14, 2016

GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 14, 2016

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)

GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill makes permanent the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) authority to hear a contractor's protest regarding the issuance or proposed issuance of a civilian federal agency's task or delivery order contract for the procurement of services or property valued in excess of $10 million. (Under current law, the GAO's jurisdiction over protests relating to federal defense contracts is already permanent, but the protest authority for civilian federal agency contracts is scheduled to expire after September 30, 2016.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

Latest action (Dec 14, 2016): Became Public Law No: 114-260.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 12, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Sep 12, 2016
  2. House Passed Sep 21, 2016
  3. Senate Passed Nov 30, 2016
  4. President To the President Dec 5, 2016
  5. President Signed Dec 14, 2016
  6. Law Dec 14, 2016

No recorded floor vote found.