US Congress House Bill 1766 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Pending: House Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2011- Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts unless the agreement specifies that: (1) all of the work under the contract will be performed by the prime contractor or one or more subcontractors at one tier under the contract; (2) any work performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors, except to the extent that local subcontractors are not available to perform any such work; (3) the prime contractor will act as the project manager or construction manager for the contract; and (4) the prime contractor has primary responsibility for managing all work under the contract and will be paid a certain percentage of the overall value of the contract as sole compensation for assuming the risk associated with such responsibility. Requires the agency head, in entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts, to give preference in the source selection process to each offeror who certifies that any work that is to be performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors.

Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2011

Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
2011-05-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

SB125 (Related) 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1766/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1766/BILLS-112hr1766ih.pdf