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H.R. 7283: Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act

119th Congress · introduced 2026-01-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act

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Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act This bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to adjust certain acquisition-related dollar thresholds for inflation every three years instead of every five years. For example, the federal government uses less complex procedures for the purchase of property and services valued below the simplified acquisition threshold . Under the bill, this threshold would be adjusted for inflation every three years.

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Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] · 1 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr7283 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills