The bill raises spending limits before competitive bidding is required.
H.R. 4123 — FIT Procurement Act · Filed by Eric Burlison (R-MO) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 25, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill changes how the state buys tech and services. It raises the spending amounts that trigger competitive bidding. It also updates training for state workers who buy tech. The bill makes it easier for small shops to compete by cutting paperwork. It lets agencies accept broader work history from shops.
Who it affects
Small shops that sell to the state are affected. State agencies that buy tech are affected. Tech vendors are affected.
One thing to notice
Contracts above certain spending amounts no longer need full and open competition. Fewer bids may lead to higher costs.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Jun 25, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 25, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small…”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Feb 4, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4659-4661)”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $4,430,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 20 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.
Eric Burlison, who sponsored the bill, received $285,030 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Amazon.com Services LLC — $4,360,000 in 1 report
- Red Hat Inc — $70,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- competitive bidding — When the state asks multiple shops to bid on a contract.
- training — Teaching state workers new ways to buy tech.
- work history — A shop's record of jobs it has done before.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (15,376 characters) on May 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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