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On July 19, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½-supported , which would prohibit federal agencies from procuring construction services from small businesses through reverse auctions. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced the , which would limit the second-step of the design-build procurement process to no more than five finalists and limit the use of single-step design-build procurement. Both of these bills apply only to direct-federal agency acquisition and not to state or local agencies. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has long fought reverse auction procurement for construction services and advocated for .  On prohibiting reverse auctions, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has testified on numerous occasions before Congress, including when the draft legislation was discussed before the House of Representatives Committee on Small Business. In addition, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has opposed recent efforts by the and to conduct reverse auctions for construction services. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to the sponsors and co-sponsors of the legislation thanking them for their work on these measures. For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703)-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.Ìý