[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5533 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5533

   To direct the President to ensure that local governments may use 
   Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods in carrying out 
  certain activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
           Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2025

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the President to ensure that local governments may use 
   Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods in carrying out 
  certain activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
           Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining FEMA Procurement 
Procedures Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCUREMENT METHODS.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the President shall issue such regulations as 
are necessary to ensure that, with respect to any activity carried out 
under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172), a local government may use 
Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods, including 
qualifications-based procurement procedures, for the acquisition of any 
goods or services, whether professional, technical, construction-
related, or non-professional, necessary to complete such activity.
    (b) Simplified Procedure.--Section 422(a) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189(a)) is 
amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
``$3,000,000''.
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