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<item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="1009" measure-id="id117s1009" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-03-25" update-date="2023-08-02"> |
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<title>HOPR Act</title> |
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<summary summary-id="id117s1009v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2023-08-02"> |
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<action-date>2022-11-14</action-date> |
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<action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc> |
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<p><b>Homeland Procurement Reform Act or the HOPR Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that procurement of certain items, such as body armor and other protective gear, meets specified requirements, including that a fraction of procurement funds be used for items manufactured by U.S. small businesses.</p> <p>The bill sets forth requirements for waivers of such requirements based on a national emergency or a major disaster.</p> <p>DHS shall (1) ensure that covered items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, and (2) study the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees of frontline operational components (i.e., Customs and Border Protection and other listed agencies and entities).</p> <p>Further, DHS must report to Congress recommendations on how it can procure additional items from domestic sources and bolster the domestic supply chain for items related to national security.</p> |
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<summary summary-id="id117s1009v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-07-01"> |
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<action-date>2021-03-25</action-date> |
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<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc> |
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<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Homeland Procurement Reform Act or the HOPR Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that procurement of certain items, such as body armor and other protective gear, meets specified requirements, including that a fraction of procurement funds be used for items manufactured by U.S. small businesses.</p> <p>The bill sets forth requirements for waivers based on a national emergency.</p> <p>DHS shall (1) ensure that covered items are purchased at a fair and reasonable price, and (2) study the adequacy of uniform allowances provided to employees of frontline operational components (i.e., Customs and Border Protection and other listed agencies and entities). </p>]]></summary-text> |
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights> |
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor> |
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<dc:description>This file contains bill summaries for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.</dc:description> |
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