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Repeals an existing provision of the Post‑Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 and requires the Department of Homeland Security to report on the effects of that repeal. The Department must submit an initial report within 540 days of enactment and then annual reports for five years that evaluate whether the repeal prevented waste, fraud, or abuse, saved taxpayer money, and list FEMA contracts awarded or extended without soliciting bids during the covered reporting periods.
Amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 by striking section 695, thereby repealing the text of that section (Public Law 109–295; 6 U.S.C. 794).
Defines "covered period" for reporting: for the initial report, the covered period is the time between the date of enactment and the date of that report; for succeeding reports, the covered period is the time between the most recent report and the succeeding report.
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report not later than 540 days after enactment and annually thereafter until 5 years after enactment.
Specifies the recipients of the report: the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
Requires the report to review how the repeal under section 2 has prevented waste, fraud, and abuse and has promoted taxpayer savings.
Direct, immediate effects are limited and administrative: the statute removes a prior rule from earlier law and imposes a series of reporting obligations on the Department of Homeland Security. DHS and FEMA will need to compile, analyze, and publish the required information, which will increase staff time and record‑keeping demands in acquisition and oversight offices. Federal procurement officials and government contractors (especially those who have received contracts or extensions without competitive solicitation) are the practical subjects of the required reporting; contract awards listed in the reports could attract Congressional or inspector general scrutiny. Taxpayers and congressional overseers are indirect beneficiaries because the reports are intended to show whether the repeal reduced waste, fraud, abuse, or costs. The measure does not itself change funding levels or direct program operations, but findings in the reports could lead to later policy, regulatory, or legislative changes affecting FEMA contracting practices.
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Received in the House.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress December 17, 2025
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8764-8765; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8764-8765)