[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3058 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3058

   To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to permit a class 
  deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to support domestic 
                         emergency operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2011

   Mr. Long (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Marino, and Mr. 
   McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to permit a class 
  deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to support domestic 
                         emergency operations.

    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 ``FEMA Flexibility Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT 
              AUTHORITY FOR DOMESTIC EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 525. SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR DOMESTIC 
              EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary is authorized to permit a class deviation to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation with respect to the micropurchase threshold and 
may do so in such official's sole discretion to support domestic 
emergency operations.
    ``(b) Delegation of Authority.--The Secretary may carry out this 
section by acting through the Under Secretary for Management.
    ``(c) Limitation.--In any class deviation under subsection (a), the 
micropurchase threshold may not exceed $15,000.
    ``(d) Domestic Emergency Operation Defined.--In this section, the 
term `domestic emergency operation' means assistance activities carried 
out in support of--
            ``(1) an emergency or major disaster, as those terms are 
        defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
        Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122);
            ``(2) any occasion or instance for which the Secretary 
        determines Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and 
        local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect 
        property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert 
        the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States; 
        or
            ``(3) any natural catastrophe (including any hurricane, 
        tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, 
        tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, 
        snowstorm, or drought), or, regardless of cause, any fire, 
        flood, or explosion, in any part of the United States, that in 
        the determination of the Secretary causes damage of sufficient 
        severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance to 
        supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local 
        governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating 
        the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title 
V the following new item:

``Sec. 525. Special emergency procurement authority for domestic 
                            emergency operations.''.
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