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substantiveDec 6, 2022 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — S 3499 — To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes

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

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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Roll-call breakdown

Yea424

Democrat: 215 · Republican: 209

Nay1

Republican: 1

Present0

Not Voting6

Democrat: 3 · Republican: 3

How each member voted (431)

Yea (424)

Nay (1)

Not Voting (6)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.