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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita
Fairness in Contracting Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS.

In entering into a contract to procure property or services in
connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction
efforts, the head of an executive agency shall comply with the
requirements under section 303 of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253), except that the
exceptions to the requirement for competitive procedures provided under
paragraphs (3), (4), and (7) of subsection (c) of such section shall
not apply to such contract.

SEC. 3. WRITTEN APPROVAL FOR USE OF NON-COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES REQUIRED
FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.

(a) Approval Required.--The head of an executive agency may enter
into a contract to procure property or services in connection with
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts using other
than full and open competition only upon the written approval of the
President or the President's designee.
(b) Congressional Notification Required.--In any case in which
procedures other than full and open competitive procedures are to be
used to enter into such a contract, the head of such executive agency
shall submit not later than 7 calendar days before the award of the
contract a notification to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, and the standing committees of the Senate and the
House of Representatives that have jurisdiction over the executive
agency. Such notification shall provide the justification for use of
other than full and open competitive procedures, a brief description of
the contract's scope, the amount of the contract, a discussion of how
the contracting agency identified and solicited offers from
contractors, a list of the contractors solicited, and the justification
and approval documents (as required under section 303(f)(1) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
253(f)(1)) on which was based the determination of use of procedures
other than full and open competitive procedures.
(c) Scope of Requirements.--
(1) Size of contracts.--This section shall not apply to
contracts of less than $5,000,000.
(2) Applicability.--This section also shall apply to any
extension, amendment or modification of contracts for the
procurement of property or services in connection with
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts
entered into prior to the enactment of this Act using other
than full and open competitive procedures.
(3) Small business exception.--This section shall not apply
to contracts authorized by the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
631 et seq.).

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.

(a) Publication and Public Availability.--
(1) In general.--The head of an executive agency that
enters into a contract for the procurement of property or
services in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita
reconstruction efforts through the use of other than full and
open competitive procedures shall publish in the Federal
Register or Federal Business Opportunities, and otherwise make
available to the public not later than 7 calendar days before
the date on which the contract is entered into, the following
information:
(A) The amount of the contract.
(B) A brief description of the scope of the
contract.
(C) A discussion of how the executive agency
identified, and solicited offers from, potential
contractors to perform the contract, together with a
list of the potential contractors that were issued
solicitations for the offers.
(D) The justification and approval documents (as
required under section 303(f)(1) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 253(f)(1)) on which was based the determination
to use procedures other than competitive procedures.
(2) Scope of requirements.--
(A) Size of contracts.--This section shall not
apply to contracts of less than $5,000,000.
(B) Applicability.--This section shall also apply
to any extension, amendment, or modification of
contracts entered into prior to the enactment of this
Act using other than full and open competitive
procedures.
(C) Small business exception.--This section shall
not apply to contracts authorized by the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).
(b) Relationship to Other Disclosure Laws.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed as affecting obligations to disclose United States
Government information under any other provision of law.

SEC. 5. CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO UNDER UNUSUAL AND COMPELLING URGENCY
EXCEPTION.

(a) Requirement for Performance Within 6-Month Period.--The head of
an executive agency may not rely on the exception provided under
section 303(c)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)(2)) to enter into a contract to procure
property or services in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane
Rita reconstruction efforts using procedures other than competitive
procedures unless the contract will be performed within a 6-month
period.
(b) Extended Notification and Disclosure Deadlines.--The
notification and disclosure deadlines specified in section 3(b) and
section 4(a)(1), respectively, shall be 7 calendar days after the date
a contract is entered into in the case of a contract described in
subsection (a).

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act, the terms ''full and open competitive procedures'' and
''executive agency'' have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
Output:
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Fairness in Contracting Act of 2005 - Requires agencies, in entering into a contract to procure property or services in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita reconstruction efforts, to use specified competitive procedures.

Allows agencies to enter into a contract to procure property or services in connection with such reconstruction efforts using other than full and open competition only upon the written approval of the President or the President's designee. Requires congressional notification when procedures other than full and open competitive procedures are to be used.

Instructs agencies that enter into a contract for the procurement of property or services in connection with such reconstruction efforts through the use of other than full and open competitive procedures to publish in the Federal Register or Federal Business Opportunities and otherwise make available to the public specified information concerning the contract.

Permits the use of noncompetitive procedures by agencies when: (1) a contract will be performed within a six-month period; and (2) the need for the property or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the government would otherwise be seriously injured.