# What This Bill Does

Congress is trying to block a new Department of Defense rule about how much architects and engineers can charge when they work on military construction and infrastructure projects. The Pentagon created this rule to set fees for these professional services, but this bill says Congress doesn't approve of it and wants to cancel it entirely.

# Who This Affects and Why It Matters

If this bill passes, it would prevent the Pentagon's new fee rules from taking effect. This matters to architecture and engineering firms that bid on military contracts, because the fees they can charge directly affect their business. It also matters to taxpayers, since whatever fees these professionals charge ultimately comes from the defense budget. The bill doesn't explain what's wrong with the Pentagon's rule or what fees it would have set, so the real disagreement is probably about whether the new fees are too high, too low, or just structured in a way Congress doesn't like.

# The Bottom Line

This is Congress using one of its special powers to reject a rule that a government agency created. Think of it like a parent telling a teenager "I don't approve of that decision, so it's cancelled." If enough members of Congress vote yes, the Pentagon's new architect and engineer fee rules simply won't happen, and whatever the old rules were would stay in place instead. The bill doesn't create new rules itself—it just kills the Pentagon's rule by refusing to let it exist.

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Defense relating to "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Architect and Engineering Service Fees (DFARS Case 2024-D019)".