Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 12, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014 - Modifies the procedure for awarding civilian and defense agency design and construction contracts for federal buildings and facilities to require: (1) a contracting officer to provide a written justification to the head of a federal agency for requiring more than five finalists in the bidding process for such contracts and agency approval of such justification; and (2) the use of the two-phase selection process (i.e., the submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) for contracts having a value of $1.5 million or greater, unless the agency head approves the contracting officer's justification that procedures other than two-phase selection procedures are in the best interest of the federal government.
Requires each civilian and defense agency to submit to the Comptroller General (GAO) and publish in the Federal Register, during a five-year period, annual reports on all cases in the preceding year in which: (1) more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests for competitive proposals; or (2) two-phase selection procedures involving contracts with a value of $1.5 million or more were not used. Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report on agency compliance with the requirements of this Act.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 19, 2013 to Dec 11, 2014; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Jul 19, 2013 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Mar 24, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Mar 27, 2014 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 4, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jun 9, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 19, 2013Markup May 21, 2014Reported Dec 12, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-668.
- Dec 12, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
- May 21, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 21, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 19, 2013Introduced in House
- Jul 19, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 24, 2014H.R. 2750, Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 21, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4826.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.A.S.C. No. 113-108 | NATIONAL DEFENSE PRIORITIES FROM MEMBERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2015 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT200 pages | Armed Services Committee | Apr 9, 2014 |
| Serial No. 113-73 | ASSESSING GOVERNMENT USE OF DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS46 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Dec 3, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2652 | A bill to improve the design-build process in Federal contracting. | Related bill | Jul 24, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 41, United States Code, to require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2014Reported in House
- Jul 19, 2013Introduced in House
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