Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Contract and Reporting Act of 2021, sponsored by Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill requires DHS to provide a public daily report of all DHS headquarters and component contract awards over $4 million dollars and will give Congress and the American people better insight and oversight into how DHS supports its mission.
“Today, I have delivered on my promise to play a part in holding the Biden administration accountable on their self-inflicted border crisis,” said Congresswoman Harshbarger. “The DHS Contract and Reporting Act will require transparent reporting on contract awards granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so we taxpayers know how our federal tax dollars are being spent. This is important given the disturbing lack of transparency by Biden’s DHS on where migrants are going once they’re released into the United States, including those here in Tennessee. With greater transparency comes greater accountability. The Biden Administration must stop acting in secrecy.”
This bill is the first sponsored by Congresswoman Harshbarger, a freshman, to pass the House of Representatives. It requires DHS to include key information on these contracts such as:
- the total estimated dollar amount to be spent,
- whether DHS awarded the contract competitively,
- what company won the contract, and
- where the work will be performed.
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