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S. 145 · 118th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

AFAC Act

Died in committee498 words Introduced Jan 30, 2023 · Latest action Jan 30, 2023

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How far it has goneStopped at 2 of 6 · Died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2023 Done
  2. CommitteeDied Jan 3, 2025 Stopped here
  3. Senate floorNot yet Not reached yet
  4. House floorNot yet Not reached yet
  5. Chambers agreeNot yet Not reached yet
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What it does

This bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require that a contractor, as a condition for being awarded a contract for the procurement of goods or services, disclose recent or current contracts or commercial ties with certain Chinese entities.

The General Services Administration must establish and maintain a public database containing information about disclosed contracts.

Congressional Research Service · summary of “Introduced in Senate” version · Jan 30, 2023

Who lobbies on it

No lobbying filing on file names S. 145.

Organizations that named S. 145 in a quarterly lobbying report. Covers organizations with a PAC on file; reports from organizations without one aren’t loaded yet. Spend is the organization’s total across all issues: reports don’t split spending by bill. Source: Senate lobbying disclosures (LD-2) from lda.gov; quotes are word for word from the “specific lobbying issues” field.

Actions

2 actions · newest first
  1. Jan 30, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  2. Jan 30, 2023Introduced in Senate