HR 5185
Passed a chamber
Restates federal public contracting law in title 41 of the U.S. Code as positive law and updates cross-references to it in dozens of other federal statutes.
Official title: To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
08-SEP-2025
Referred
08-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
10-SEP-2025
Passed
31-AUG-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Replaces outdated references to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act with citations to title 40 and title 41 of the U.S. Code.
- Adds a new chapter 73 on the finality of agency decisions in disputes over contracts not covered by chapter 71, and bars such contracts from making agency decisions final on questions of law.
- Sets liquidated damages of $10 per day for each underage or incarcerated individual knowingly employed on a federal service contract, plus any wage underpayments.
- Makes conforming amendments to provisions in titles 2, 5, 10, 15, 42, and other titles of the U.S. Code.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (08-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-AUG-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
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No cosponsors.