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H.R. 5995 · 114th Congress · enacted

GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-260.

Latest official action 2016-12-14 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

(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.)

Congressional Research Service · 2016-12-14

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Politicians behind the bill

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