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HELP Response and Recovery Act

What this bill does

  • The bill extends noncompetitive DHS contracts for disaster response from 150 days to one year.
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency and disaster recovery operations are affected by this change.
  • DHS must report annually to Congress for five years on how the extension prevents waste.

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  1. 01

    How might extending noncompetitive disaster contracts from 150 days to one year affect the speed and cost of emergency response operations?

  2. 02

    What specific waste or inefficiencies is this one-year extension designed to prevent compared to the current 150-day limit?

  3. 03

    Should disaster recovery contractors face different competition requirements than other federal vendors, and what trade-offs exist?

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Gary C. Peters

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-17 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-12-17 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-12-17 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-12-16 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8764-8765; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S8764-8765)

  5. 2025-12-16 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-11-03 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 252.

  7. 2025-11-03 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  8. 2025-11-03 · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  9. 2025-07-30 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  10. 2025-02-13 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  11. 2025-02-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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