119-hr5729

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5729 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5729

 To authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the 
National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, 
 and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, 
maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds that have been 
 impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 10, 2025

Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To authorize direct emergency acquisition flexibilities for the 
National Park Service for the purpose of retaining, vetting, approving, 
 and expediting contractor approval for the clearing, rebuilding, 
maintenance, and improvement of the Grand Canyon grounds that have been 
 impacted by the Dragon Bravo Fire.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``North Rim Restoration Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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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