Representative Steny H. Hoyer introduces H.R. 10443: American Procurement Improvement Act of 2026

We have received text from H.R. 10443: American Procurement Improvement Act of 2026. This bill was received on 2026-09-16, and currently has 7 cosponsors.

Here is a short summary of the bill:

This bill would update and rename the federal AbilityOne procurement program, which uses government purchasing to help create jobs for people who are blind or have significant disabilities. In plain terms, it would keep the program in place but change how it is organized, how it selects products and services, and how it oversees participating nonprofits.

What the bill changes

• Renames the current Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled to the Commission for the Employment of Individuals Who Are Blind or Have Significant Disabilities .
• Updates old language throughout federal law, replacing terms like “severely disabled” with “individuals with significant disabilities,” and “the blind” with “blind individuals.”
• Expands and modernizes definitions used in the program, including defining:
  • direct labor more broadly to include supervisory, technical, and administrative work tied to the contract;
  • employee professional development as training and other activities meant to help workers grow in their jobs;
  • individual with a significant disability using several eligibility categories, including certain people eligible for disability benefits or VA-diagnosed disabilities.

How procurement would work

• The Commission would still maintain a list of products and services that federal agencies must buy from qualified nonprofit agencies participating in the program.
• The bill gives the Commission more explicit authority to add items to the list, and to remove them if needed.
• For some newer or pilot products and services, the Commission could add them to the list for a limited period of up to 5 years and then decide whether to keep them there.
• The bill requires advance public notice before changes are made to the procurement list, including notice on the Commission’s website and the federal procurement portal.
• Before removing an item from the list, the Commission would have to consider whether nonprofits can still provide it, the effect on the program’s employment mission, and the effect on workers.
• When federal agencies buy products from the list, the bill says they should give priority to products made by qualified nonprofit agencies for blind individuals.

Requirements for nonprofit agencies

• To qualify, a nonprofit agency would need to meet several conditions, including:
  • being a qualifying nonprofit or a state agency;
  • having participating employees do at least 51 percent of the direct labor hours;
  • providing employee professional development;
  • paying participating employees at a rate consistent with nondisabled peers doing similar work.
• The Commission would have to issue regulations within one year detailing how agencies are authorized or deauthorized to provide products or services under the program.
• Those regulations would need to consider technical ability, past performance, employee development, and whether workers would lose jobs if an authorization were revoked.
• The bill also directs the Commission to create procedures for dealing with fraud, contract terminations, emergencies, and compliance with certain domestic sourcing laws.

Oversight and worker protections

• If a federal agency believes a nonprofit agency performed badly, it would have to give written notice and an opportunity to respond, and document the issue in the government performance system.
• The Commission would have to set up monitoring to detect whether workers are being involuntarily or constructively terminated because of the new labor-percentage requirement.
• If that happens, the Commission would be required to take corrective action, including possibly rescinding the agency’s authorization.
• The bill creates a possible grace period for a nonprofit agency if it falls short of the worker-percentage requirement because employees leave for jobs outside the agency, so the nonprofit can try to refill positions.

Pricing and contracting

• The Commission would set prices for products and services on the procurement list by considering fair market price and the program’s employment mission.
• The bill says price should not be driven solely by getting the lowest possible price if that would conflict with the program’s mission.
• Federal agencies could still negotiate prices with nonprofit providers in some cases.
• The Commission would also designate central nonprofit agencies to help run the program, but would need a written agreement before paying them program service fees.

Other federal procurement changes

• Agencies would be encouraged to identify new products and services for the procurement list.
• The Federal Acquisition Regulation would be updated to encourage subcontracting among qualified nonprofit agencies.
• The bill would require annual public reports from federal agencies showing how much of their procurement spending went to items from the AbilityOne list.
• It also says intergovernmental support agreements in the Defense Department cannot be used to avoid Chapter 85 requirements.
• Participating workers would be treated as employees of the nonprofit agency for federal, state, and local labor and employment laws.
• The General Services Administration could use a governmentwide contract vehicle in some cases when multiple qualified nonprofits provide the same service, with limits and competitive awards allowed up to $50 million total contract value.

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