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The bill accelerates wildfire and park recovery by allowing expedited and, in some cases, noncompetitive contracting to restore services quickly, but it increases risks of higher costs, reduced competition, and potential oversight problems unless strong transparency and controls are maintained.
Residents, local communities, park visitors, and users see faster debris removal, rebuilding, and restoration because contracting can begin without a Presidential disaster declaration and the Secretary may award sole-source contracts when continuity or safety is at risk.
Local governments, rural communities, and park concession workers benefit from quicker procurement (higher micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds) and the ability for an existing concessioner with site access to continue operations, helping speed repairs, reduce disruption, and preserve jobs and services.
Local governments and rural communities gain planning certainty because the expedited contracting authority is time-limited (up to 7 years), allowing focused recovery programs to be planned and completed.
Taxpayers and competing businesses face higher risk of increased contract costs and reduced value because higher procurement thresholds and sole-source/noncompetitive awards limit competition.
Taxpayers and local governments face elevated risk of waste, fraud, or conflicts of interest because faster, more flexible contracting reduces normal competitive safeguards unless oversight is robust.
Local governments and rural communities may still experience gaps in recovery because the expedited authority is limited to specified services, leaving other needed services to normal procurement timelines.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Allows the Interior Secretary to use emergency procurement flexibilities and limited sole-source contracts to restore and reopen the Grand Canyon North Rim after the Dragon Bravo Fire, with reporting and a seven-year sunset.
Allows the Interior Department to speed recovery and reopening of the Grand Canyon National Park North Rim after the Dragon Bravo Fire by using emergency procurement flexibilities and by awarding limited noncompetitive contracts for rebuilding and essential services. The authority covers restoration, rebuilding and repair of park structures and grounds, recovery efforts, and visitor-support assets; it requires periodic reporting, is time-limited (expires no later than seven years), and includes safeguards about scope, conflicts of interest, and not altering existing concession laws. Permits the Secretary to use higher micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds and other emergency contracting flexibilities without a Presidential emergency declaration for specified recovery work, and allows sole-source contracts to a concessioner only after a written finding that the concessioner is uniquely positioned and that noncompetitive contracting is necessary to protect public health, park resources, or continuity of essential services.
Introduced October 10, 2025 by Eli Crane · Last progress March 17, 2026