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H.R. 1666: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

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H.R. 1666: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-26 · 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: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

Plain summary

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015 Modifies criteria for the use of design-build selection procedures for civilian and defense contracts for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work. Requires the use of two-phase selection procedures (i.e., submission of qualifications and then the submission of price and technical proposals in response to a request for proposal) when a contracting officer determines that such a contract has a value of $750,000 or greater. Maintains current criteria for these contracts if a contracting officer determines that they have a value of less than $750,000. Requires the contracting officer to provide written documentation of how more than five finalists in a solicitation for a contract is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the two-phase selection procedures. Requires: (1) executive agencies to report on contracts for which more than five finalists were selected for phase-two requests or for which the contract was awarded without using two-phase selection procedures, and (2) the Government Accountability Office to report on the compliance of such agencies with design-build contract procedures.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] · 22 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Peter Welch (D-VT), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

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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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1666 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114