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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3838 
To establish the Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud and Abuse in 
the Response to Hurricane Katrina, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. OBEY, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. DELAURO, 
Mr. EMANUEL, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition 
to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and 
Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud 
and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina, 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 ‘‘Hurricane Katrina Ac-
countability and Contracting Reform Act’’.
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO PREVENT FRAUD AND 
ABUSE IN THE RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA 
Sec. 101. Establishment of Anti-Fraud Commission. 
Sec. 102. Duties. 
Sec. 103. Composition of Commission. 
Sec. 104. Powers of Commission. 
Sec. 105. Staff of Commission. 
Sec. 106. Compensation and travel expenses. 
Sec. 107. Security clearances for Commission members and staff. 
Sec. 108. Reports of Commission; termination. 
Sec. 109. Termination. 
Sec. 110. Funding. 
TITLE II—CLEAN CONTRACTING FOR HURRICANE KATRINA 
RELIEF AND RECOVERY 
Subtitle A—Transparency and Accountability 
Sec. 201. Public availability of contract award information. 
Sec. 202. Disclosure of Government contractor overcharges. 
Sec. 203. Provision of information to Congress. 
Subtitle B—Prevention of Abusive Contracting Practices 
Sec. 211. Prohibition on award of monopoly contracts. 
Sec. 212. Competition in multiple award contracts. 
Sec. 213. Prohibition on contractor conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 214. Closing the revolving door. 
Sec. 215. Repeal of $250,000 micropurchase threshold. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
Sec. 221. Definition of Hurricane Katrina-related contract.
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TITLE 
I—INDEPENDENT 
COM-
MISSION TO PREVENT FRAUD 
AND 
ABUSE 
IN 
THE 
RE-
SPONSE 
TO 
HURRICANE 
KATRINA 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF ANTI-FRAUD COMMISSION. 
There is established in the legislative branch the 
Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud and Abuse in 
the Response to Hurricane Katrina (in this title referred 
to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 102. DUTIES. 
(a) INVESTIGATION.—The Commission shall conduct 
a full, complete, independent, and impartial investigation 
of— 
(1) Federal Government contracting relating to 
Hurricane Katrina recovery, relief, and reconstruc-
tion, to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse; and 
(2) allegations of price gouging or profiteering 
relating to Hurricane Katrina recovery, relief, or re-
construction. 
(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) The investigation of the matters described 
in subsection (a)(1) shall include, at a minimum, the 
following: