1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Private sector business concerns, which are free to respond to the private or public demands of the marketplace, constitute the strength of the United States economic system. (2) Competitive private enterprises are the most productive, efficient, and effective sources of goods and services. (3) Unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy is detrimental to the United States economic system. (4) Unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy is at an unacceptably high level, both in scope and in dollar volume. (5) Current law and policy have failed to address adequately the problem of unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy. (6) It is in the public interest that the Federal Government establish a consistent policy to rely on the private sector of the economy to provide goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the operation and management of Federal agencies and to avoid unfair Government competition with the private sector of the economy. 3. Definitions In this Act, the term agency means— (1) an executive department as defined by section 101 of title 5, United States Code; (2) a military department as defined by section 102 of such title; and (3) an independent establishment as defined by section 104(l) of such title. 4. Procurement from private sources (a) Policy In the process of governing, the Federal Government should not compete with its citizens. The competitive enterprise system, characterized by individual freedom and initiative, is the primary source of national economic strength. In recognition of this principle, it has been and continues to be the general policy of the Federal Government— (1) to rely on commercial sources to supply the products and services the Government needs