A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to ascertain increases in the cost of major acquisitio…

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Latest action: Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GSA. · June 4, 1984

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Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GSA.

Recorded June 4, 1984, as the clerk wrote it

Official title A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to ascertain increases in the cost of major acquisition programs of the civilian agencies of the executive branch; to limit the obligation and expenditure of Federal funds to carry out any major civil acquisition program after there has been a major increase in the cost of such civil acquisition program until enactment of a law providing new authority to carry out such acquisition program, and for other purposes.

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Vote Files. (2026, October 12). S. 421 (98th Congress): A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to ascertain increases in the cost of major acquisition programs of the civilian agencies of the executive branch; to limit the obligation and expenditure o… [Bill record]. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-98-s421

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Vote Files. "S. 421 (98th Congress): A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to ascertain increases in the cost of major acquisition programs of the civilian agencies of the executive branch; to limit the obligation and expenditure o…." Last modified October 12, 2026. Accessed October 16, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-98-s421.

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