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H.R. 5235119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) · 2 active : 2 Democrats
Latest action: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5295)
Where it standsBefore the House44 representatives score as swing votes
Passed both chambers, awaiting the President
- House: passedFeb 23, 2026
- Senate: passedSep 30, 2026
- President: Awaiting action
Summary
, via Congress.govSkills-Based Federal Contracting Act
This bill prohibits federal contract bid solicitations for contractor personnel from including minimum educational requirements unless the contracting officer justifies the requirements. The prohibition applies to educational requirements that may be met through education alone, education or experience, or a combination of education and experience.
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The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue implementing guidance to federal agencies, including instructions for contracting officers that encourage using alternatives to education requirements.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Public contracts and procurement
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
