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Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act or the HELP Response and Recovery Act
This bill repeals a statute requiring the Department of Homeland Security to limit to no more than 150 days the duration of certain noncompetitive contracts facilitating response to or recovery from a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. The bill also states that it is the sense of Congress that the repealed statute has been rendered obsolete by changes to law and regulation.
People & committees
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D–MI
Legislative record
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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 S2478; text: CR S2478)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2478; text: CR S2478)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 348.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-161.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-161.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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