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    <item congress="119" measure-type="s" measure-number="594" measure-id="id119s594" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-13" update-date="2025-06-24">
        <title>HELP Response and Recovery Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119s594v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2025-06-24">
            <action-date>2025-02-13</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt Response and Recovery Act or the HELP Response and Recovery Act</strong></p><p>This bill extends the maximum duration of noncompetitive Department of Homeland Security (DHS) contracts for disaster response and recovery from 150 days to one year by repealing a current limitation on such DHS contracts so that standard procurement regulations apply regarding urgent needs. It also requires&nbsp;DHS to report to Congress annually for five years to review how this repeal has prevented waste and provide information on noncompetitive Federal Emergency Management Agency contracts.</p>]]></summary-text>
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