,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #f1         
#bjae,mr4 ,vitter introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure efficiency and    
fairness in the awarding of ,federal    
contracts in connection with natural    
disaster reconstruction efforts4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,local ,disaster ,contracting       
,fairness ,act of #bjae4  #b4           
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
term executive agency has the meaning   
given that term in section #acc of title
 #da1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#b7 the  
term local subcontractor means1 with    
respect to a contract1 a subcontractor  
who has a principal place of business or
 regularly conducts operations in the   
area in which work is to be performed   
under the contract by the subcontractor2
 and  7#c7 the term natural disaster    

reconstruction efforts means            
reconstruction efforts undertaken in an 
area for which the ,president has       
declared a major disaster under section 
#dja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj74 
#c4 ,federal contracting requirements   
7a7 ,in general ,the head of an         
executive agency may not enter into an  
agreement for debris removal or         
demolition services in connection with  
natural disaster reconstruction efforts 
unless the agreement specifies that--   
7#a7 all of the work under the contract 
will be performed by the prime          
contractor or #a or more subcontractors 
at #a tier under the contract2  7#b7 any
 work performed under the contract by   
subcontractors will be performed by     
local subcontractors1 except to the     
extent that local subcontractors are not
 available to perform such work2  7#c7  
the prime contractor will act as the    
project manager or construction manager 

for the contract2 and  7#d7 the prime   
contractor-- 7,a7 has primary           
responsibility for managing all work    
under the contract2 and  7,b7 will be   
paid a certain percentage of the overall
 value of the contract as sole          
compensation for assuming the risk      
associated with such responsibility4    
7b7 ,preference for subcontractors      
affected by natural disasters ,in       
entering into an agreement for debris   
removal or demolition services in       
connection with natural disaster        
reconstruction efforts1 the head of an  
executive agency shall give a preference
 in the source selection process to each
 offeror who certifies that any work    
that is to be performed under the       
contract by subcontractors will be      
performed by local subcontractors4  #d4 
,applicability ,the requirements under  
section #c shall apply to agreements    
entered into on or after the date of    
enactment of this ,act4