S. 1846 119th Congress Senate

VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the use of the design-build construction method for Department of… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the use of the design-build construction method for Department of Veterans Affairs construction projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2025 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

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May 21, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

May 21, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now May 21, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Defense, Dept of (DOD)
7 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
7 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
7 filings
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
7 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
7 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Hickenlooper, John W.

Colorado · May 21, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1846: VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1846/

MLA

"S. 1846: VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1846/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 1846, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1846/.

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