118th Congress > House > Vote 1098

Date: July 23, 2024

Result: 178-234 (Failed)

Clerk session vote number: 380

Sponsor: MACE, Nancy (R-SC)

Bill number: HR7887

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: ACCESS Act

Bill summary:

Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills Act or the ACCESS Act

This bill prohibits federal agency solicitations from requiring minimum experience or educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel except in specified circumstances. (Solicitations identify agency needs and provide instructions and other information to would-be offerors.) 

A solicitation can require minimum experience or educational requirements if the contracting officer includes in the solicitation a written justification explaining why the needs of the agency cannot be met without such a requirement.  

This bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance not later than 60 days after enactment to federal agencies for implementing this bill. 



Bill titles: To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit minimum experience or educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel in certain contract solicitations, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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