{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7887","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7887","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"ACCESS Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"ACCESS Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"ACCESS Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills Act"}],"outcome":"failed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-04-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-07-23","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h380","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"ACCESS Act","result":"Failed","yea":178,"nay":234,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll380.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 178 - 234 (Roll no. 380).","date":"2024-07-23"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-04-09","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Allowing Contractors to Choose Employees for Select Skills Act or the ACCESS Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":108},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends title 41 of the United States Code to bar federal contract solicitations from setting minimum experience or educational requirements for proposed contractor personnel unless the contracting officer includes a written justification.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}]},"core_areas":["Minimum experience and education requirements for contractor personnel in federal solicitations","Office of Management and Budget guidance on written justifications and alternative qualifications","Comptroller General evaluation of agency compliance"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds section 3313 to title 41, United States Code, which bars a solicitation from setting any minimum experience or educational requirement for proposed contractor personnel as a condition of bid eligibility unless the solicitation includes a written justification.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}},{"text":"Requires the written justification to explain why the executive agency's needs cannot be met without the requirement and to clarify how the requirement ensures the needs are met.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to executive agencies within 60 days after enactment, including instructions for contracting officers on the justifications.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}},{"text":"Requires the guidance to state that each use of an education or experience requirement be separately determined, justified, and reviewed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}},{"text":"Requires the guidance to instruct how alternative certifications, industry-recognized credentials, and work-based learning programs, including apprenticeships, may satisfy education and work experience requirements that a solicitation includes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}},{"text":"Applies the change to solicitations issued on or after 180 days after enactment, and requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress within 18 months after enactment an evaluation of executive agency compliance with new section 3313.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih#HB06FC6A8EBEC41519718F88CB632C21B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Introduced in House","date":"2024-04-09","rule":"nearest","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text/ih"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7887/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7887.png","v":"baf8438c1dc3","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7887, 118th Congress: ACCESS Act. House: 178 Yea, 234 Nay. Outcome: Failed House, 23 Jul 2024."}}