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| A bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for other purposes. |
Date Introduced: 04/11/05 |
| Bill Number: S.749 |
| Description: Throughout my career in public office, I have always taken the position that government should not compete unfairly with American small businesses. If a function or product is available in the private sector, then that should be the first avenue of choice as opposed to having that function provided by government. For several years now, Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a government entity with the purpose of keeping prisoners busy while serving their sentences, has been providing a growing variety of products and services to both the Federal Government and the private sector. Through its status as a sole provider of certain goods to the Federal Government, FPI has effectively blocked private sector businesses from having a chance to provide products, even though they may be able to provide a better product in a more cost effective and efficient manner. This situation is not in the best interest of the American taxpayer and is blatantly unfair to American small businesses across the country. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and I proposed this legislation to enact thorough and lasting reforms to Federal Prison Industries that would ensure that they no longer compete unfairly with private sector small businesses. |
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