[109th Congress Public Law 218]
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Public Law 109-218
109th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Apr. 20, 2006 -  [H.R. 
                                4979]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Local Community Recovery 
Act of 2006. 42 USC 5121 note.>> 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.

    Approved April 20, 2006.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4979:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006):
            March 28, considered and passed House.
            April 6, considered and passed Senate.

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