S 594
Passed a chamber
Repeals a 2006 disaster-era rule on FEMA contracting and requires DHS to report on how the repeal affects waste, fraud, and taxpayer costs for five years.
Official title: HELP Response and Recovery Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
17-DEC-2025
Senate
Introduced
13-FEB-2025
Referred
13-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
30-JUL-2025
Reported
03-NOV-2025
On the calendar
03-NOV-2025
Passed
16-DEC-2025
- Strikes section 695 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, which set requirements for DHS contracting.
- Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report within 2 years of enactment, and annually for the following 5 years, on the repeal's effect on waste, fraud, abuse, and taxpayer savings.
- Requires each report to list no-bid contracts FEMA entered into or extended under urgent circumstances, including their subject, amounts obligated, and any state or disaster involved.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (13-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 16-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govEmergency Management
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