,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dig  #aacth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bgea  ,report ,no4 #aac-ffj  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july  
#ai1 #bjac ,mr4 ,hanna 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1 and ,ms4     
,meng7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,small ,business  ,december #aa1 #bjad  
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to prohibit the use of reverse     
auctions for design and construction    
services procurements4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,commonsense ,construction ,contracting 
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,reverse auctions   
prohibited for contracts for design and 
construction services ,the ,small       
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et   
seq47 is amended--  7#a7 by             
redesignating section #dg as section    
#dh2 and  7#b7 by inserting after       

section #df the following3  #dg4        
,reverse auctions prohibited for        
contracts for design and construction   
services  7a7 ,in general ,in the case  
of any contract for design and          
construction services1 reverse auction  
methods may not be used if the          
contract--  7#a7 is suitable for award  
to a small business concern2 or  7#b7 if
 the award is to be made under--  7,a7  
section #h7;a72  7,b7 section #h7m72    
7,c7 section #ae7;a72  7,d7 section     
#ae7;j72  7,e7 section #ca2 or  7,f7    
section #cf4  7b7 ,definitions ,for     
purposes of this section--  7#a7 ,the   
term reverse auction means1 with respect
 to procurement by an agency1 a         
real-time auction on the ,internet      
between a group of offerors who compete 
against each other by submitting bids   
for a contract or task order with the   
ability to submit revised bids          
throughout the course of the auction1   
and the award being made to the offeror 
who submits the lowest bid4  7#b7 ,the  

term design and construction services   
means--  7,a7 site planning and         
landscape design2  7,b7 architectural   
and interior design2  7,c7 engineering  
system design2  7,d7 performance of     
construction work for facility1         
infrastructure1 and environmental       
restoration projects2  7,e7 delivery and
 supply of construction materials to    
construction sites2 and  7,f7           
construction1 alteration1 or repair1    
including painting and decorating1 of   
public buildings and public works4  4   
,december #aa1 #bjad ,committed to the  
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed