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118th Congress(2023-2024)
Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act
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S. 3648 (Reported-in-Senate)

Calendar No. 348

118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3648

[Report No. 118–161]


To amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 24, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

March 14, 2024

Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act” or the “HELP Response and Recovery Act”.

SEC. 2. Repeal of obsolete DHS contracting requirements.

(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that section 695 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 794)—

(1) has been rendered obsolete by changes implemented in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including amendments to Federal law made by section 862 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4546); and

(2) should be repealed.

(b) Repeal.—The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–225; 120 Stat. 1394) is amended by striking section 695 (6 U.S.C. 794).

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act” or the “HELP Response and Recovery Act”.

SEC. 2. Repeal of obsolete DHS contracting requirements.

The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394) is amended by striking section 695 (6 U.S.C. 794).

SEC. 3. Reports.

(a) Covered period defined.—In this section, the term “covered period” means—

(1) with respect to an initial report required under subsection (b), the period between the date of enactment of this Act and the date of the report; and

(2) with respect to any succeeding report required under subsection (b), the period between the date of the most recent report and the succeeding report.

(b) Requirement.—Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date that is 5 years thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that—

(1) reviews how the repeal under section 2 has—

(A) prevented waste, fraud, and abuse; and

(B) promoted taxpayer savings; and

(2) includes, with respect to a contract entered into or extended by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under urgent and compelling circumstances during the covered period for which the Administrator did not solicit bids—

(A) the number of those contracts;

(B) the subject of each contract;

(C) the amounts obligated by the Administrator for each contract;

(D) if applicable, the State benefitted by each contract; and

(E) if applicable, the name of the major disaster or emergency for which each contract was entered into or extended.

Calendar No. 348

118th CONGRESS
     2d Session
S. 3648
[Report No. 118–161]
A BILL
To amend the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.
March 14, 2024
Reported with an amendment