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The bill trades removal of an obsolete DHS requirement and new public reporting intended to increase transparency and oversight for risks to disaster-response clarity, added reporting costs, and potential exposure of sensitive contracting details.
Taxpayers, Congress, and state and local governments receive regular, detailed reporting on FEMA emergency contracts (counts, amounts, subjects, states, disasters), increasing transparency and enabling oversight that can identify waste and potential savings.
Federal employees at DHS no longer have to administer an obsolete or duplicative statutory requirement, simplifying compliance and potentially reducing internal administrative burden.
State and local governments and federal emergency managers may face uncertainty about roles, authorities, or resources in disaster response if the repeal removed statutory guidance, which could impair coordinated emergency operations.
Public disclosure of contractor names and contract amounts could reveal sensitive procurement information or discourage rapid emergency contracting, potentially slowing or complicating urgent disaster responses.
Preparing the required multi-year reports will impose administrative costs and staff time on DHS/FEMA (and thus a cost to taxpayers), and those costs may outweigh benefits if reported savings are minimal.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Repeals a specific provision (section 695, codified at 6 U.S.C. 794) of the Post‑Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 and requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to deliver a series of reports to several congressional committees. The reports, due first within two years of enactment and then annually until five years after enactment, must evaluate how the repeal affected prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse and taxpayer savings, and must disclose details on contracts FEMA entered or extended under urgent circumstances without soliciting bids.
Introduced February 13, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress December 17, 2025