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119-s-594119th Congress
HELP Response and Recovery Act
Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Passed Senate
Summary
Repeals an obsolete DHS contracting rule and creates new reporting on FEMA urgent no-bid contracts. The law requires the Department of Homeland Security to report whether the repeal reduced waste, fraud, or abuse and whether it promoted taxpayer savings, and to provide detailed contract information for review.
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- FEMA: Removes section 695 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act and shifts oversight toward reporting on contracts entered or extended under urgent and compelling circumstances where bids were not solicited.
- States and disaster responders: Reports must list the State benefitted and the named major disaster or emergency for each applicable contract, giving clearer records of who received contract support.
- Congress, watchdogs, and taxpayers: The Secretary of Homeland Security must submit an initial report within 2 years and then annual reports through 5 years after enactment. Each report must include contract counts, subjects, amounts obligated, and an assessment of waste, fraud, abuse, and taxpayer savings.
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Changes to FEMA emergency contracting
If enacted, this bill would repeal an old Department of Homeland Security contracting rule. FEMA and other DHS offices would no longer have to follow that rule when buying under urgent needs. Within 2 years of enactment, and then once a year until 5 years after enactment, DHS would send Congress reports on urgent FEMA contracts where bids were not solicited. Each report would review waste, fraud, and abuse risks and any taxpayer savings from the repeal, and list the number of these contracts, what they covered, dollars obligated, the state served, and the disaster name. Each report would cover the period since the last report (from enactment for the first). This would not provide new funding or change household benefits directly.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 2/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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