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117th Congress · Senate

A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.

Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures · Department of Homeland Security · Disaster relief and insurance · Natural disasters · Public contracts and procurement · Emergency Management

In plain language

  • Senate bill in the 117th Congress.
  • Repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires DHS to promulgate regulations.
  • House passed it on Dec 6, 2022 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

This act repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster.

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