The Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013.
House lawmakers are pushing two separate bills to address what they see as shortcomings in how agencies buy construction services.
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, said at the May 23 hearing, "In the federal space, construction and architect and engineering contracting represent about one in every six prime contract dollars awarded to small businesses. That was over $17 billion in prime contracts last year." The subcommittee also found that construction, and architecture and engineering services account for about 8 percent, or $41.6 billion, of all federal procurement in 2012. The Defense Department, specifically the Army Corps of Engineers, the General Services Administration and Department of Veteran Affairs account for most of the that spending.
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