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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.Section 5 › Proposal

No public private competition for the National Vessel Documentation Center

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

No public private competition for the National Vessel Documentation Center

The document says “may notWho acts: Commandant of the Coast GuardHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

Section 216. Money in this Act may not be used to run, or to act on the results of, a Circular A-76 competition covering work done at the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. Circular A-76 is the budget office rule under which federal work is put up against private bidders.

What the document actually says

“None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 for activities performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

No money may be used to put this center's work out to bid. Nor may the result of such a bid be used.

What this is about

A federal job may be tested against private firms. That test is called an A-76 study. It may not be run here.

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