S. 4165: A bill to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-02 · Emergency Management · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

Plain summary

This bill repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster. DHS must submit written notification to the congressional homeland security committees by three days after making any modification to the order of succession in DHS or after modification to a document which sets forth the order of succession for the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security or to the Delegation to the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary.

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Official text

A bill to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · 0 cosponsors

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4165.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4165 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116