#aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#eid  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the         
,post-,katrina ,management ,reform ,act 
of #bjjf to repeal certain obsolete     
requirements1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,helping ,eliminate ,limitations
 for ,prompt ,response and ,recovery    
,act or the ,,help ,response and        
,recovery ,act4  #b4 ,repeal of obsolete
 ,,dhs contracting requirements ,the    
,post-,katrina ,emergency ,management   
,reform ,act of #bjjf 7,public ,law     
#aji-bie2 #abj ,stat4 #acid7 is amended 
by striking section #fie 7#f ,u4,s4,c4  
#gid74  #c4 ,reports  7a7 ,covered      
period defined ,in this section1 the    
term covered period means-- 7#a7 with   
respect to an initial report required   
under subsection 7b71 the period between
 the date of enactment of this ,act and 
the date of the report2 and  7#b7 with  
respect to any succeeding report        
required under subsection 7b71 the      
period between the date of the most     

recent report and the succeeding report4
  7b7 ,requirement ,not later than #b   
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 and annually thereafter until
 the date that is #e years thereafter1  
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate and the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives a report that-- 7#a7   
reviews how the repeal under section #b 
has-- 7,a7 prevented waste1 fraud1 and  
abuse2 and  7,b7 promoted taxpayer      
savings2 and  7#b7 includes1 with       
respect to a contract entered into or   
extended by the ,administrator of the   
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
under urgent and compelling             
circumstances during the covered period 
for which the ,administrator did not    
solicit bids-- 7,a7 the number of those 
contracts2  7,b7 the subject of each    
contract2  7,c7 the amounts obligated by

 the ,administrator for each contract2  
7,d7 if applicable1 the ,state          
benefitted by each contract2 and  7,e7  
if applicable1 the name of the major    
disaster or emergency for which each    
contract was entered into or extended4  
,passed the ,senate ,december #af1      
#bjbe4,secretary