The bill creates a standardized process for Congress to direct the exclusion or removal of sources of concern from the federal procurement system. Image: Amy Lutz/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe House has passed HR-9597, designed to exclude entities owned or controlled by a foreign adversary from procurement processes or removing them from federal information systems.
The bill “provides the Federal Acquisition Security Council with the teeth and resources it needs to protect the federal supply chain from technology companies and products owned or controlled by a foreign adversary” and “will help address any vulnerabilities in our technology infrastructure and guard against national security threats,” bipartisan sponsors said in a joint statement on its introduction in September.
The bill creates a standardized process for Congress to direct the exclusion or removal of sources of concern from the federal procurement system; moves the Federal Acquisition Security Council into the Executive Office of the President; sets new FASC membership requirements; expands its focus to include acquisition security more broadly; and requires it to proactively monitor and evaluate certain covered articles for ongoing risk.
The House also passed:
* HR-5301, to require agencies to list within their annual budget justification any recurring reports, including governmentwide and interagency reports they consider outdated or duplicative, and to recommend whether to change or end those reports; and
* HR-9596, to allow purchases under the Multiple Award Schedule program that are not the lowest cost, on grounds that others are the best value to meet the needs of the government.
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