Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2026-01-30
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act” Read the full text
Government Operations and Politics
What it does
Ensuring Federal Purchasing Efficiency Act This bill requires the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to adjust certain acquisition-related dollar thresholds for inflation every three years instead of every five years. For example, the federal government uses less complex procedures for the purchase of property and services valued below the simplified acquisition threshold . Under the bill, this threshold would be adjusted for inflation every three years.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2026-01-30
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-07-22
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textas published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
2
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2026-07-23).