HR5533-119

Introduced

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.

119th Congress Introduced Sep 19, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill exempts allows local governments to use Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods for FEMA disaster relief activities under the Stafford Act, and increases the simplified acquisition threshold from $1 million. It relies on exemptions and definition changes. The main policy areas are Housing, Emergency Management, and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

Local governments conducting disaster recovery could face lower compliance burdens, Construction management firms could gain revenue opportunities, and General contractors and construction companies could gain revenue opportunities.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Exempts allows local governments to use Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods for FEMA disaster relief activities under the Stafford Act, and increases the simplified acquisition threshold from $1 million...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill exempts allows local governments to use Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods for FEMA disaster relief activities under the Stafford Act, and increases the simplified acquisition threshold from $1 million.

Key Policy Areas

Housing, Emergency Management, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill exempts allows local governments to use Construction Manager at Risk procurement methods for FEMA disaster relief activities under the Stafford Act, and increases the simplified acquisition threshold from $1 million.

Policy Domains

Housing Emergency Management Finance

General Provisions

Identified Gains
  • Local governments conducting disaster recovery
  • Construction management firms
  • General contractors and construction companies
  • Engineering and design firms
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Engineering and design firms:
Construction management firms:
General contractors and construction companies:
Local governments conducting disaster recovery:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 19, 2025

Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

State & Local Government
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Local governments conducting disaster recovery

Construction
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Construction management firms

General Contractors
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

General contractors and construction companies

Professional Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Engineering and design firms

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sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Housing Emergency Management Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_president"
→ President of the United States

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Construction Manager at Risk" §2

A procurement method that allows selection based on qualifications and allows the construction manager to take on risk for the project, rather than strictly lowest-bid selection

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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