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HR 5533 · in committee · significant

Streamlining FEMA Procurement Procedures Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill allows local governments to hire construction managers using qualifications-based procurement when rebuilding disaster-damaged facilities with FEMA funding.
  • Local governments and FEMA are affected by changes to how construction managers are selected after disasters.
  • The bill raises the cost threshold for simplified FEMA procedures from $1 million to $3 million per project.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How might raising the simplified procurement threshold from $1 million to $3 million affect the speed of disaster recovery in smaller versus larger communities?

  2. 02

    What are the potential trade-offs between using qualifications-based selection for construction managers versus competitive bidding on price for FEMA-funded projects?

  3. 03

    Which groups—local governments, contractors, or taxpayers—could be most affected by shifting to qualifications-based procurement for disaster reconstruction?

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Sponsor · R-FL-17

W. Gregory Steube

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Introduced 2025-09-20

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-20 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  2. 2025-09-19 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  3. 2025-09-19 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-09-19 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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