To Establish Uniform Requirements Affecting Government Contracts: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 215, a Bill to Establish Uniform Requirements Affecting Government Contracts, and for Other Purposes. May 7, 1935 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 14
Page 9
... practice which has been followed successfully for more than 100 years and which it is believed should be continued . The responsibility for procuring supplies , which rests upon the head of each executive department as the result of the ...
... practice which has been followed successfully for more than 100 years and which it is believed should be continued . The responsibility for procuring supplies , which rests upon the head of each executive department as the result of the ...
Page 10
... practice for many years ; but to confer upon that agency the broad and complete authority contemplated by this proposed legislation would deprive it of its independence by forcing it to decide in all cases , prior to such audit ...
... practice for many years ; but to confer upon that agency the broad and complete authority contemplated by this proposed legislation would deprive it of its independence by forcing it to decide in all cases , prior to such audit ...
Page 11
... practices of foreign countries differ from our own to such an extent that it is often impracticable and sometimes impossible to transact business in accordance with our domestic practices . This fact seems to have been recognized in the ...
... practices of foreign countries differ from our own to such an extent that it is often impracticable and sometimes impossible to transact business in accordance with our domestic practices . This fact seems to have been recognized in the ...
Page 13
... practice by transferring administrative discretion from the heads of executive depart- ments to the Comptroller General and would result in duplication of work , and , unless the Comptroller General's organization is increased greatly ...
... practice by transferring administrative discretion from the heads of executive depart- ments to the Comptroller General and would result in duplication of work , and , unless the Comptroller General's organization is increased greatly ...
Page 15
... practice , and differs materially from the provisions of the present " Buy American law ( act of Mar. 3 , 1933 , 47 Stat . 1520 ; U. S. C. 41 : 10a ) , which provisions have resulted from revision of several former acts upon that ...
... practice , and differs materially from the provisions of the present " Buy American law ( act of Mar. 3 , 1933 , 47 Stat . 1520 ; U. S. C. 41 : 10a ) , which provisions have resulted from revision of several former acts upon that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
36 Stat 40 Stat Accounting Office act of August Act of June Act of March additional bond additional subparagraph administrative amended authority Award of contracts BASH bid conforms bidder whose bid bids are opened bill BOWIE Chief of Engineers claim committee competition Comptroller contracting officer contractor cost court decision delay department concerned executive department existing law fact filed final settlement ganister Government-owned corporation head Heard Law involved June 25 labor liquidated damages lowest responsible bidder M. M. LOGAN Major BRAGDON material MCGUIRE ment Navy Department necessary Panama Canal Panama Railroad payment performance bond permit procedure procurement proposed protesting bidder provision public emergency public interest purchase purpose questions reason referred repeal representative river and harbor satisfactory Secretary Secretary of War section 14 section 20 Senator AUSTIN Senator LOGAN specifications statement statute subcontractor supplies surety tion title 33 title 41 tractor troller TSCHAPPAT United War Department
Popular passages
Page 5 - ... no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract, in the employ of the contractor or any sub-contractor contractIng for any part of said work contemplated, shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day upon such work...
Page 7 - ... other contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States or elsewhere shall be awarded to such contractor, subcontractors, material men, or suppliers with which such contractor is associated or affiliated, within a period of three years after such finding is made public.
Page 7 - ... supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States...
Page 5 - The Comptroller General is authorized and directed to furnish, to any person making application therefor who submits an affidavit that he has supplied labor or materials for such work and payment therefor has not been made or that he is being sued on any such bond, a certified copy of such bond and the contract for which it was given, which copy shall be prima facie evidence of the contents, execution, and delivery of the original...
Page 8 - An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States...
Page 7 - SEC. 3. (a) Every contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States...
Page 10 - There is created an establishment of the Government to be known as the General Accounting Office, which shall be independent of the executive departments and under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States.
Page 6 - ... except armor and armor plate, whether made to conform to particular specifications or not, or to the construction or repair of levees or revetments necessary for protection against floods or overflows on the navigable waters of the United States...
Page 6 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law. and unless the head of the department or independent establishment concerned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produce*!
Page 6 - An act relating to' the limitation of the hours of daily service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia...