2 USC § 1816a - Design-build contracts

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title: "2 USC § 1816a - Design-build contracts"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1816a"
section_name: "Design-build contracts"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1308, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2244.)"
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# § 1816a. Design-build contracts

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol may use the two-phase selection procedures authorized in section 3309 of title 41 for entering into a contract for the design and construction of a public building, facility, or work in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as the head of an executive agency under such section.

**(b)** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1308, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2244.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In subsec. (a), “” substituted for “section 303M of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008.