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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3648 Reported in Senate (RS)]

<DOC>

                                                       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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Eliminate 
Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act'' or the ``HELP 
Response and Recovery Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE DHS CONTRACTING 
              REQUIREMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) should be repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>

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
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