S4055-118

Reported

To provide for a pilot program to improve contracting outcomes, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 22, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for a pilot program to improve contracting outcomes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Contracting Outcomes Act of 2024.
  • Section id9046d912234e40129858c0a3f528efe3: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and...
  • Section id4d081ea84ebe4000935814c631f78442: 3. Pilot program to improve contracting outcomes Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement...
  • Section id3928df9c03f4435299dbf1b5e751e984: 4. Office of Federal Procurement Policy reporting Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement...
  • Section id720e996062ce431db985f2c45db43bc7: 5. Government accountability office reporting Not later than 180 days after receiving the interim and final reports required under section 4, the Comptroller...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for a pilot program to improve contracting outcomes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for a pilot program to improve contracting outcomes, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: rs

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 9, 2024

Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment

Mar 22, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
7 mentions across 4 clauses
+2 positive -4 negative ?1 uncertain

CFO Act agencies and military departments, Congressional oversight committees, Federal procurement agencies

Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees

Negative-direction: CFO Act agencies and military departments, Government Accountability Office, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Professional Services
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Federal contractors

6/11
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"Chief Financial Officer Act Agency" §id9046d912234e40129858c0a3f528efe3

an agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code. The term cost avoidance refers to— reductions in the need for increased funding if present management practices continued

"Chief Financial Officer Act Agency" §id91114eb2-1ba5-488e-923d-8fbdd48bcd39

an agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code. The term cost avoidance refers to— reductions in the need for increased funding if present management practices continued

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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