[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4979 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4979

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to clarify the preference for local firms in the award 
          of certain contracts for disaster relief activities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Community Recovery Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. USE OF LOCAL FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR DISASTER RELIEF 
              ACTIVITIES.

    Section 307 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5150) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``In carrying out this section, a contract or agreement may 
be set aside for award based on a specific geographic area.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Corps of Engineers should 
promptly implement the decision of the Government Accountability Office 
in solicitation W912EE-06-R-0005, dated March 20, 2006.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 28, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4979

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to clarify the preference for local firms in the award 
          of certain contracts for disaster relief activities.