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H.R.721
Title: To ensure that the business of the Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] (introduced 2/14/2001)      Cosponsors: 190
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
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2/14/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
3/7/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
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COSPONSORS(190), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 2/14/2001 [HI-1] Rep Acevedo-Vila, Anibal - 4/4/2001 [PR]
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 6/25/2001 [NY-5] Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 2/14/2001 [ME-1]
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 3/8/2001 [NJ-1] Rep Baca, Joe - 2/14/2001 [CA-42]
Rep Baird, Brian - 3/8/2001 [WA-3] Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 2/14/2001 [ME-2]
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 2/14/2001 [WI-2] Rep Barcia, James A. - 3/20/2001 [MI-5]
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 6/13/2001 [CA-30] Rep Berkley, Shelley - 7/11/2001 [NV-1]
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 5/24/2001 [CA-26] Rep Berry, Marion - 4/26/2001 [AR-1]
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 5/24/2001 [GA-2] Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 2/14/2001 [IL-5]
Rep Bonior, David E. - 2/14/2001 [MI-10] Rep Borski, Robert A. - 3/8/2001 [PA-3]
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 3/20/2001 [IA-3] Rep Brady, Robert - 4/4/2001 [PA-1]
Rep Brown, Corrine - 2/14/2001 [FL-3] Rep Brown, Sherrod - 2/14/2001 [OH-13]
Rep Capps, Lois - 5/24/2001 [CA-22] Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 5/24/2001 [MA-8]
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 2/27/2001 [MD-3] Rep Carson, Brad - 5/24/2001 [OK-2]
Rep Carson, Julia - 4/26/2001 [IN-10] Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 5/24/2001 [MO-1]
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 6/25/2001 [NC-1] Rep Clement, Bob - 4/4/2001 [TN-5]
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 3/8/2001 [SC-6] Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 2/14/2001 [MI-14]
Rep Costello, Jerry F. - 2/27/2001 [IL-12] Rep Coyne, William J. - 2/27/2001 [PA-14]
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 6/25/2001 [NY-7] Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 2/14/2001 [MD-7]
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 2/27/2001 [IL-7] Rep Davis, Susan A. - 5/24/2001 [CA-49]
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 2/14/2001 [OR-4] Rep DeGette, Diana - 6/25/2001 [CO-1]
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 2/14/2001 [MA-10] Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 3/8/2001 [CT-3]
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 2/14/2001 [WA-6] Rep Dingell, John D. - 2/14/2001 [MI-16]
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 4/4/2001 [PA-18] Rep Edwards, Chet - 7/11/2001 [TX-11]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 2/14/2001 [NY-17] Rep Evans, Lane - 6/13/2001 [IL-17]
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 2/27/2001 [PA-2] Rep Filner, Bob - 2/14/2001 [CA-50]
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - 2/14/2001 [TN-9] Rep Frank, Barney - 2/14/2001 [MA-4]
Rep Frost, Martin - 2/14/2001 [TX-24] Rep Gephardt, Richard A. - 3/8/2001 [MO-3]
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 4/4/2001 [NY-20] Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 5/10/2001 [TX-20]
Rep Gordon, Bart - 2/27/2001 [TN-6] Rep Green, Gene - 2/14/2001 [TX-29]
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 2/14/2001 [IL-4] Rep Hall, Tony P. - 2/14/2001 [OH-3]
Rep Harman, Jane - 6/13/2001 [CA-36] Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 6/25/2001 [FL-23]
Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 2/14/2001 [AL-7] Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/14/2001 [NY-26]
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben - 5/24/2001 [TX-15] Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 5/10/2001 [PA-13]
Rep Holden, Tim - 2/14/2001 [PA-6] Rep Holt, Rush D. - 3/20/2001 [NJ-12]
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 2/14/2001 [OR-5] Rep Hostettler, John N. - 4/16/2002 [IN-8]
Rep Hoyer, Steny H. - 2/14/2001 [MD-5] Rep Inslee, Jay - 2/27/2001 [WA-1]
Rep Israel, Steve - 6/13/2001 [NY-2] Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 5/24/2001 [IL-2]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 2/14/2001 [TX-18] Rep Jefferson, William J. - 3/8/2001 [LA-2]
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 2/14/2001 [TX-30] Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/27/2001 [OH-11]
Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 2/14/2001 [PA-11] Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 5/24/2001 [OH-9]
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 6/25/2001 [RI-1] Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 2/14/2001 [MI-9]
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 2/14/2001 [MI-15] Rep Kind, Ron - 6/25/2001 [WI-3]
Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 2/14/2001 [WI-4] Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 2/14/2001 [OH-10]
Rep LaFalce, John J. - 4/26/2001 [NY-29] Rep Lampson, Nick - 4/4/2001 [TX-9]
Rep Langevin, James R. - 2/14/2001 [RI-2] Rep Lantos, Tom - 3/20/2001 [CA-12]
Rep Larsen, Rick - 7/11/2001 [WA-2] Rep Larson, John B. - 6/25/2001 [CT-1]
Rep Leach, James A. - 4/4/2001 [IA-1] Rep Lee, Barbara - 3/20/2001 [CA-9]
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 2/27/2001 [MI-12] Rep Lewis, John - 4/4/2001 [GA-5]
Rep Lewis, Ron - 3/8/2001 [KY-2] Rep Lipinski, William O. - 5/24/2001 [IL-3]
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 4/26/2001 [NJ-2] Rep Lucas, Ken - 5/24/2001 [KY-4]
Rep Luther, Bill - 3/8/2001 [MN-6] Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 2/14/2001 [NY-14]
Rep Maloney, James H. - 5/24/2001 [CT-5] Rep Markey, Edward J. - 5/24/2001 [MA-7]
Rep Mascara, Frank - 3/8/2001 [PA-20] Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 3/20/2001 [CA-5]
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 2/14/2001 [NY-4] Rep McCarthy, Karen - 2/14/2001 [MO-5]
Rep McCollum, Betty - 2/27/2001 [MN-4] Rep McDermott, Jim - 2/27/2001 [WA-7]
Rep McGovern, James P. - 2/27/2001 [MA-3] Rep McHugh, John M. - 5/10/2001 [NY-24]
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 5/10/2001 [NC-7] Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 2/14/2001 [GA-4]
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 2/14/2001 [NY-21] Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 6/13/2001 [MA-5]
Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 6/13/2001 [FL-17] Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 2/14/2001 [NY-6]
Rep Menendez, Robert - 4/26/2001 [NJ-13] Rep Miller, George - 2/14/2001 [CA-7]
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 2/14/2001 [HI-2] Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 6/25/2001 [WV-1]
Rep Moore, Dennis - 2/14/2001 [KS-3] Rep Morella, Constance A. - 2/14/2001 [MD-8]
Rep Murtha, John P. - 2/14/2001 [PA-12] Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 5/24/2001 [NY-8]
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 6/13/2001 [CA-34] Rep Neal, Richard E. - 5/24/2001 [MA-2]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 2/27/2001 [DC] Rep Oberstar, James L. - 2/14/2001 [MN-8]
Rep Olver, John W. - 5/24/2001 [MA-1] Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 4/26/2001 [TX-27]
Rep Owens, Major R. - 5/10/2001 [NY-11] Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 2/14/2001 [NJ-6]
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 2/27/2001 [NJ-8] Rep Pastor, Ed - 5/24/2001 [AZ-2]
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 2/14/2001 [NJ-10] Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 2/14/2001 [CA-8]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 3/8/2001 [MN-7] Rep Petri, Thomas E. - 2/27/2001 [WI-6]
Rep Phelps, David D. - 5/24/2001 [IL-19] Rep Pomeroy, Earl - 6/25/2001 [ND]
Rep Price, David E. - 2/14/2001 [NC-4] Rep Quinn, Jack - 7/11/2001 [NY-30]
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 2/14/2001 [WV-3] Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 3/8/2001 [NY-15]
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 3/8/2001 [TX-16] Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 2/27/2001 [MI-13]
Rep Roemer, Tim - 6/13/2001 [IN-3] Rep Ross, Mike - 3/20/2001 [AR-4]
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 4/4/2001 [NJ-9] Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 3/8/2001 [CA-33]
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 4/4/2001 [IL-1] Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 2/27/2001 [MN-5]
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 6/13/2001 [CA-46] Rep Sanders, Bernard - 2/14/2001 [VT]
Rep Sandlin, Max - 4/4/2001 [TX-1] Rep Sawyer, Tom - 2/14/2001 [OH-14]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/27/2001 [IL-9] Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 4/16/2002 [CA-27]
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 3/20/2001 [VA-3] Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 2/14/2001 [NY-16]
Rep Sherman, Brad - 6/13/2001 [CA-24] Rep Shows, Ronnie - 4/26/2001 [MS-4]
Rep Sisisky, Norman - 2/14/2001 [VA-4] Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 6/13/2001 [NY-28]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 6/13/2001 [NJ-4] Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 3/20/2001 [CA-31]
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 2/14/2001 [SC-5] Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 2/14/2001 [CA-13]
Rep Strickland, Ted - 2/14/2001 [OH-6] Rep Stupak, Bart - 2/14/2001 [MI-1]
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 2/14/2001 [MS-2] Rep Thompson, Mike - 6/25/2001 [CA-1]
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 2/14/2001 [FL-5] Rep Tierney, John F. - 2/27/2001 [MA-6]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 5/10/2001 [NY-10] Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 4/4/2001 [OH-17]
Rep Udall, Mark - 9/14/2001 [CO-2] Rep Udall, Tom - 5/24/2001 [NM-3]
Rep Underwood, Robert A. - 3/20/2001 [GU] Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 4/4/2001 [NY-12]
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 3/20/2001 [IN-1] Rep Waters, Maxine - 6/25/2001 [CA-35]
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 4/16/2002 [CA-32] Rep Watt, Melvin L. - 2/14/2001 [NC-12]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 2/14/2001 [CA-29] Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 3/20/2001 [NY-9]
Rep Wexler, Robert - 2/14/2001 [FL-19] Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 2/14/2001 [CA-6]

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/14/2001--Introduced.

Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act - Prohibits any Federal agency from making a decision to privatize, outsource, contract out, or contract for the performance of a function currently performed by the agency or to conduct a study to convert a function from Federal to contractor performance. Allows an agency to contract out a function not then performed by Federal employees if such function would be performed under contract by the blind or handicapped. Authorizes any agency to apply to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for a waiver of such prohibition on specified grounds.

Requires each agency to establish a centralized system for reporting on its contracting efforts during the preceding and current fiscal years.

Requires any agency decision to privatize, outsource, or contract out for the performance of a function, after expiration of the prohibition enacted by this Act, to be based on the results of a public-private competition process meeting specified requirements.

Requires an agency either to conduct a new public-private competition or to convert a function to performance by Federal employees if a report indicates that: (1) contracting out costs exceed costs of performance by Federal employees; or (2) contracting out fails to meet quality control standards.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to survey and report to specified congressional committees on the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract.