North Rim Restoration Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be officially called the North Rim Restoration Act of 2025.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the North Rim Restoration Act of 2025 .
2Emergency contracting authority
This section would let the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, use emergency acquisition flexibilities under part 18 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or any regulations that replace it) when contracting for work in the areas of Grand Canyon National Park damaged by the Dragon Bravo Fire. The faster contracting process would cover only four kinds of work: forest management or restoration carried out in response to the fire; rebuilding, planning, development, and design of structures affected by the fire; improvements to the grounds and structures; and recovery efforts. Unless another law or regulation provides otherwise, this faster process could not be used for contracts for any other kind of service. No later than 180 days after the Secretary begins using this authority, and every 180 days after that until 180 days after the authority expires, the Secretary would have to submit a report on all expenditures related to Dragon Bravo Fire recovery efforts to the House Committees on Natural Resources and on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Each report would have to include the expected cost of recovery efforts, cost expenditures, cost overruns, identification of the contractors performing the recovery work, any affiliations or conflicts of interest between a contractor and the contracting office at Grand Canyon National Park or the National Park Service, any waste, fraud, or abuse detected during the recovery efforts, any contracts that came in under expected costs, an estimated completion date for all projects and full recovery efforts, and whether an extension of this authority is needed to complete Dragon Bravo Fire projects. If, after this Act becomes law, a new wildfire ignites within the affected Grand Canyon area and impacts recovery efforts related to the Dragon Bravo Fire, the Secretary could request a 12-month extension of this contracting authority, subject to congressional approval. This authority would expire on whichever comes first: five years after the Act becomes law, or the date recovery efforts within the affected area are complete. For purposes of this Act, the 'covered area' means the areas within Grand Canyon National Park impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire, and the 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.
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2. Emergency contracting authority (a) In general The Secretary is authorized to use emergency acquisition flexibilities under part 18 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor regulations), in contracting for the following services within the covered area: (1) Forest management or restoration activities carried out in response to the Dragon Bravo Fire. (2) Rebuilding, planning, development, and design of structures affected by the Dragon Bravo Fire. (3) Improvements to the grounds and structures. (4) Recovery efforts. (b) Process for other services Unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, the authority granted under subsection (a) does not apply to contracts for services other than those described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a). (c) Report Not later than 180 days after the Secretary begins to use the authorization under subsection (a), and every 180 days thereafter until the date that is 180 days after the date described in subsection (e), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Natural Resources and Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on all expenditures related to the recovery efforts for the Dragon Bravo Fire, including the following: (1) The expected cost of recovery efforts. (2) Cost expenditures. (3) Cost overruns. (4) Identification of contractors preforming the work associated with the recovery from the Dragon Bravo Fire. (5) Any affiliations or conflicts of interest between the contractor and the contracting office at the Grand Canyon National Park or the National Park Service. (6) Any waste fraud and abuse detected during the recovery efforts. (7) Any contracts that came in under expected expenses. (8) An estimated time of completion for all projects and full recovery efforts related to the Dragon Bravo Fire. (9) If an extension is needed to this authority to complete projects associated with the Dragon Bravo Fire. (d) Extension If, after the date of the enactment of this Act, a new wildfire ignites within the covered area and impacts recovery efforts related to the Dragon Bravo Fire, the Secretary may request a 12-month extension of the authority granted under subsection (a), subject to congressional approval. (e) Expiration The authority granted under subsection (a) shall expire on the date that is the earlier of the following: (1) 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Recovery efforts within the covered area are complete. (f) Definitions In this Act: (1) Covered Area The term covered area means the areas within Grand Canyon National Park impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire. (2) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.
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