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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7119 

To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 

to authorize the selection of eligible projects to be carried out using 

collaborative project delivery methods, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas (for herself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

Act of 2014 to authorize the selection of eligible projects 

to be carried out using collaborative project delivery 

methods, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Design-Build 

5 Improvement Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS. 

2 Section 5028 of the Water Infrastructure Finance 

3 and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3907) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(c) COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY METH10 ODS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary or the 

12 Administrator, as applicable, may select, in accord13 ance with this section, a project to be carried out 

14 using a collaborative project delivery method (con15 sistent with any applicable State or local law), in16 cluding a construction management at-risk method 

17 and a design-build method. 

18 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

19 ‘‘(A) COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY

20 METHOD.—The term ‘collaborative project de21 livery method’ means a method for carrying out 

22 a capital project that involves close collabora23 tion among the eligible entity, the owner of the 

24 project (if different from the eligible entity), the 

25 designer of the project, and the contractor for 


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1 the project, from design through completion of 

2 construction. 

3 ‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT4 RISK METHOD.—The term ‘construction man5 agement at-risk method’ means a collaborative 

6 project delivery method in which an engineering 

7 firm and a construction management at-risk 

8 firm are retained under 2 separate contracts for 

9 design and construction, respectively. 

10 ‘‘(C) DESIGN-BUILD METHOD.—The term 

11 ‘design-build method’ means a collaborative 

12 project delivery method under which a single 

13 lead contract is entered into with a design14 builder for design and construction.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. STUDY ON THE USE OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 

16 DELIVERY METHODS. 

17 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro19 tection Agency, in coordination with the Regional Admin20 istrators, and the Secretary of the Army, acting through 

21 the Chief of Engineers, shall carry out, and make public 

22 the results of, a study that— 

23 (1) evaluates the use of collaborative project de24 livery methods in projects carried out using assist25 ance received under the Water Infrastructure FiVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:21 Mar 21, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7119.IH H7119

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1 nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3901 

2 et seq.); 

3 (2) determines barriers to increased use of col4 laborative project delivery methods in such projects; 

5 (3) assesses the potential benefits of using col6 laborative project delivery methods in such projects; 

7 and 

8 (4) identifies areas of need to educate agency 

9 staff in collaborative project delivery method imple10 mentation and best practices. 

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