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H.R. 2750: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

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H.R. 2750: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-19 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Plain 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.

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Official text

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · 17 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Grace Meng (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Federal Register
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2750 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113