Legislative Proposals

119th Congress

Legislative proposals transmitted to Congress by OMB in support of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) can be viewed in this document [PDF - 1 MB]. A summary of the proposals is below.

Title	Synopsis
(1) Streamlining Compliance and Competition Procedural Requirements	This proposal would increase the Simplified Acquisition Threshold for commercial products and services in phases from $250,000 to $10 million over 5 years, and the limits for Special Simplified Procedures from $5 million to $50 million over the same period in order to streamline compliance and competition procedural requirements and speed time to mission.
(2) Common Sense Procedures for Small Purchases	This proposal would increase the Micro-purchase Threshold in phases from $10,000 to $100,000 over 5 years to eliminate government-unique barriers for the smallest buys while maintaining application of the Buy American Act to ensure domestic sourcing remains front-of-mind for buyers and sellers.
(3) Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency	This proposal would shift the re-calculation period for inflation-related automatic adjustments for acquisition-related threshold increases from once every five years to once every three years. This will ensure federal acquisition processes better align with purchasing power.
(4) Permanent Authority to Enable Entrepreneurs and Agency Missions	This proposal would grant GSA and DHS permanent Commercial Solutions Openings (CSO) Authority. This would make permanent pilot authority first granted to both agencies in the F17 NDAA and would mirror authority granted to DOD in 2022.
(5) NASA Commercial Solutions Openings Authority and Authority for Other Transaction Prototype Projects and Follow-On Production Contracts	This proposal would grant NASA CSO authority and enable the agency to more quickly identify and select vendors that offer innovative capabilities than would be traditionally possible under FAR-based processes. Additionally, this proposal would allow NASA to award follow-on Other Transaction Authority contracts for products and services to more quickly and more cost effectively transition capabilities that have been proven as a prototype project.
(6) Improvements To Task and Delivery Order Contract Procedures	This proposal would make a technical correction to a provision in the FY19 NDAA that will promote task order level competition on multiple award contracts and enable greater savings for the taxpayer.
(7) Common Sense Fees for the Integrated Award Environment	This proposal would allow GSA to collect initial registration and annual account maintenance fees for those seeking to register in the Integrated Award Environment. These small fees would close long-standing shortfalls in the cost of operating this important government-wide resource that supports a robust federal contracting base.
(8) Acquisition Workforce Training Investments	This proposal would increase the share of fees paid from certain interagency contracts to the Acquisition Workforce Training Fund to increase funds available for training the acquisition workforce.
(9) Promoting Small Business Innovation	This proposal would facilitate assisted acquisition services to support Small Business Innovator Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts.
(10) Task And Delivery Order Protest Threshold Parity	This proposal would increase the protest threshold for task and delivery orders under a multiple award contract from $10 million to $35 million for civilian agencies. This change would mirror DOD’s threshold, which was most recently raised in 2024.
(11) Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule Program	This proposal would update the standard for the GSA Multiple Award Schedules program to seek out the best value for the government, rather than the “lowest price,” which may not account for administration costs, product quality, delivery time, and other factors.
(12) Revision to the Mandatory Use of The Cost Accounting Standards	This proposal would raise the threshold for the applicability of Cost Accounting Standards for federal contractors from $2 million to $35 million, providing relief from CAS from approximately half of currently covered entities, but retain coverage to over 90 percent of the dollars. This would substantially reduce a large disincentive for certain contractors to want to work with the government.
(13) Repeal of Executive Compensation Reporting	This provision would amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 by repealing a provision of the Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008 that required the public reporting of the compensation for the most highly compensated officers of certain Federal contractors. This data increases the cost of doing business with the government, disincentivizes working with the government, and requires the maintenance of sensitive data that is not useful to the government.
(14) Service Contract Inventory Burden Reduction	This proposal would eliminate two reporting requirements for inventories of service contracts that require annual analysis for 80,000 total contracts, but has provided little to no value in return. This change would substantially reduce a bureaucratic burden on agencies and allow a better allocation of oversight staff.
(15) Federal Activities Inventory Reform (Fair) Act Burden Reduction	This proposal amends the FAIR Act reporting to eliminate certain outdated and burdensome requirements, while still requiring annual public reporting by agencies.
(16) Sudan Waivers Report Transfer	This proposal would shift the Congressional reporting requirement for Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act waivers from OMB to individual agencies. Due to the rarity of waivers, individual reporting would be more cost effective and efficient than the current biannual collection and reporting efforts by OMB.