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House vote: S. 3499 // December 6, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

S. 3499

Sponsor: Gary Peters (D-MI)

This act repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

416 votes, representing 249,457,175 people95.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

1 vote, representing 583,974 people0.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 4.0% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon41695.8%
NayLost10.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken04.0%