S. 3648 — what changed

Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act

From Reported in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Sec. 2 Repeal of obsolete DHS contracting requirements

added 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).

(a)

removed 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)—

(1)

removed 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

(2)

removed should be repealed.

(b)

removed 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).

Sec. 3 Reports

added

(a)

added Covered period defined— In this section, the term covered period means—

(1)

added 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)

added 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)

added 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)

added reviews how the repeal under section 2 has—

(A)

added prevented waste, fraud, and abuse; and

(B)

added promoted taxpayer savings; and

(2)

added 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)

added the number of those contracts;

(B)

added the subject of each contract;

(C)

added the amounts obligated by the Administrator for each contract;

(D)

added if applicable, the State benefitted by each contract; and

(E)

added if applicable, the name of the major disaster or emergency for which each contract was entered into or extended.