The state updates buying rules every 3 years instead of 5
H.R. 7283 — Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act · Filed by Pat Fallon (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 30, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill changes when the state updates its buying thresholds. Thresholds are dollar amounts that decide which rules apply to different purchases. Instead of updating every 5 years, the state must update every 3 years starting in 2028. This affects which companies can bid on state contracts.
Who it affects
State offices and companies that bid on state contracts are affected. The bill changes how often rules are updated.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say whether thresholds will go up or down. So the real effect on small businesses is not clear from this text.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jan 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
- 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: 44 - 0”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (449 characters) on Jul 9, 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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