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S 1805 109th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Alabama Competitive bidding Disaster relief Emergency Management Floods Government procurement Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi

A bill to repeal the increase in micropurchase authority for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations.

Introduced: September 30, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 30, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10797-10798, S10798, S10799)
Sep 30, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From The Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 with respect to the authority of federal agencies (including the U.S. armed forces) to make purchases below the micropurchase threshold without securing competitive quotations.

Repeals the increase from $2,500 to $250,000 in the micropurchase threshold for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations.

What's happening now September 30, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1871 Related bill An original bill to repeal the increased micropurchase threshold.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 30, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1805: A bill to repeal the increase in micropurchase authority for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1805/
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"S. 1805: A bill to repeal the increase in micropurchase authority for property and services for support of Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue operations.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1805/.
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S. 1805, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1805/.
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