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







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4979

     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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2006

Mr. Pickering introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     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. EXPEDITING DISASTER RELIEF ACTIVITIES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2006.

    Any solicitation made by the Corps of Engineers during fiscal year 
2006 concerning section 307 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5150) shall be final and 
conclusive and shall not be subject to administrative or judicial 
review. Any administrative or judicial action or proceeding arising 
from such solicitation that is pending on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be immediately dismissed by the court or administrative 
agency in which the action or proceeding was brought or is currently 
pending.
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