,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,meadows 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,khanna7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
prohibit the use of reverse auctions for
 design and construction services       
procurements1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,construction ,consensus        
,procurement ,improvement ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,prohibition on use of a reverse  
auction for the award of a contract for 
design and construction services  7a7   
,finding ,congress finds that1 in       
contrast to a traditional auction in    
which the buyers bid up the price1      
sellers bid down the price in a reverse 
auction4  7b7 ,prohibition ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal    
,acquisition ,regulation shall be       
amended to prohibit the use of reverse  

auctions for awarding contracts for     
design and construction services4  7c7  
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term design and construction services  
means--  7,a7 site planning and         
landscape design2  7,b7 architectural   
and engineering services 7as defined in 
section #aajb of title #dj1 ,united     
,states ,code72  7,c7 interior design2  
7,d7 performance of substantial         
construction work for facility1         
infrastructure1 and environmental       
restoration projects2  7,e7 delivery and
 supply of construction materials to    
construction sites2 or  7,f7            
construction or substantial alteration  
of public buildings or public works4    
7#b7 ,the term reverse auction means1   
with respect to any procurement by an   
executive agency-- 7,a7 a real-time     
auction conducted through an electronic 
medium among #b or more offerors who    
compete by submitting bids for a supply 
or service contract1 or a delivery      
order1 task order1 or purchase order    

under the contract1 with the ability to 
submit revised lower bids at any time   
before the closing of the auction2 and  
7,b7 the award of the contract1 delivery
 order1 task order1 or purchase order to
 the offeror is solely based on the     
price obtained through the auction      
process4