{"format":1,"id":"117-s-3499","congress":117,"number":"S. 3499","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes."}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-253","introduced":"2022-01-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-06","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h508","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes","result":"Passed","yea":424,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll508.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-06-07","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-12-20"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-253.","date":"2022-12-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-12-20","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This act repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster."}],"words":57},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 by striking section 692 of that Act, which is codified at 6 U.S.C. 792.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3499/text/enr#S1:~:text=1.%20Repeal%20of%20obsolete%20DHS%20contracting%20requirements"}]},"core_areas":["Repeal of a section of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Strikes section 692 (6 U.S.C. 792) from the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3499/text/enr#S1:~:text=1.%20Repeal%20of%20obsolete%20DHS%20contracting%20requirements"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3499/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3499","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3499/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-3499.png","v":"bf2958bb5ea4","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 3499, 117th Congress: A bill to amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete requirements, and for other purposes. House: 424 Yea, 1 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 20 Dec 2022."}}