Senate Committee Approves Bill Barring the Politicizing of Federal Contracts

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday approved legislation with bipartisan support to prohibit the collection of political contribution information from bidders for government contracts. The bill, S. 1100, Keeping Politics out of Federal Contracting, is cosponsored by 22 senators. This measure responds to a draft executive order that was leaked from the White House last year, which would have required federal contractors to disclose political contributions. Last month, 39 Democrats sent the president a letter asking him to finalize the draft executive order.  The House version of S. 1100—H.R. 2008—passed the Oversight & Government Reform Committee on a voice vote two weeks ago. AGC will continue to advocate for passage of these bills as they move the respective chamber floors for consideration and to protect the integrity of the federal contracting process from the White House draft executive order. For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at 703-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.