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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 Infra-
structure, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Design-Build 
Improvement Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS. 
Section 5028 of the Water Infrastructure Finance 
and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3907) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY METH-
ODS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary or the 
Administrator, as applicable, may select, in accord-
ance with this section, a project to be carried out 
using a collaborative project delivery method (con-
sistent with any applicable State or local law), in-
cluding a construction management at-risk method 
and a design-build method. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY 
METHOD.—The term ‘collaborative project de-
livery method’ means a method for carrying out 
a capital project that involves close collabora-
tion among the eligible entity, the owner of the 
project (if different from the eligible entity), the 
designer of the project, and the contractor for 
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the project, from design through completion of 
construction. 
‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
AT- 
RISK METHOD.—The term ‘construction man-
agement at-risk method’ means a collaborative 
project delivery method in which an engineering 
firm and a construction management at-risk 
firm are retained under 2 separate contracts for 
design and construction, respectively. 
‘‘(C) DESIGN-BUILD METHOD.—The term 
‘design-build method’ means a collaborative 
project delivery method under which a single 
lead contract is entered into with a design- 
builder for design and construction.’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON THE USE OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 
DELIVERY METHODS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, in coordination with the Regional Admin-
istrators, and the Secretary of the Army, acting through 
the Chief of Engineers, shall carry out, and make public 
the results of, a study that— 
(1) evaluates the use of collaborative project de-
livery methods in projects carried out using assist-
ance received under the Water Infrastructure Fi-
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