Hurricane Katrina Accountability and Contracting Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-3838
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Alabama
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit cards
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Federal employees
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Floods
Fraud
Gas companies
Gas industry
Government contractors
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government service contracts
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Joint ventures
Law
Lawyers
Lobbying
Louisiana
Market manipulation
Misconduct in office
Mississippi
Natural gas
Performance measurement
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Privatization
Profit
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Subcontractors
Subsidiary corporations
Waste in government spending
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Accountability and Contracting Reform Act - Establishes in the legislative branch the bipartisian Independent Commission to Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina to conduct a complete, independent, and impartial investigation of federal government contracting relative to Hurricane Katrina recovery, relief, and reconstruction, as well as allegations of price gouging or profiteering.
 
Requires a federal agency head, within 14 days after the award of a Hurricane-related contract, to make publicly available, including by posting on the Internet in a searchable database, specified information with respect to the contract, including the name and address of the contractor and the contract's total amount.
 

 
Requires federal agency heads to provide certain contract-related information to Congress, including copies of the contract and all modifications. 
 
Prohibits the federal government from entering into a Hurricane Katrina-related monopoly contract, with certain exceptions.
 
Requires the federal government to use competition in the purchase of goods and services in excess of $100,000 pursuant to any Hurricane Katrina-related multiple award contract.
 
 
 
Prohibits an agency from entering into a Hurricane Katrina-related contract for the performance of a function relating to contract oversight wtih any contractor with a conflict of interest.

Prohibits an agency from entering into a Hurricane Katrina-related contract for the performance of inherently governmental functions for contract oversight. 
 
Revises the prohibition against a former official's acceptance of compensation from a contractor.
 
Prevents former employees of private contractors who become federal government employees from awarding government contracts to their former employers for a period of five years after leaving the private contractor's employ .
 
Subjects additional offenses to criminal penalties.
 
Amends the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina to repeal the $250,000 micropurchase threshold (thus applying the regular $2,500 micropurchase threshold of federal procurement law).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in House