HELP Response and Recovery Act
Updating disaster rules to cut waste and track no-bid contracts
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Removes old disaster contracting rules from the early 2000s that no longer fit how emergencies are handled today
- Makes the Homeland Security Department report every year on how the change cuts waste and saves taxpayer money
- Requires the agency to list all emergency contracts given without open bidding, including what they are for and how much they cost
- Reports must also say which states and which disasters those no-bid contracts were tied to, so Congress can monitor spending
- These reports continue for about five years, so lawmakers can decide if the new system works and is protecting public funds
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8764-8765; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8764-8765)
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
HELP Response and Recovery Act
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