Calendar No. 209
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1684
To clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina
Survivors are eligible for Federal reimbursement.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 12, 2005
Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill;
which was read the first time
September 13, 2005
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina
Survivors are eligible for Federal reimbursement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPENSES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
(1) DISASTER PERIOD- The term `disaster period' means, with respect to any
State that includes an area for which a major disaster has been declared
in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane Katrina,
the period beginning on the earliest date on which any area of the State
was so declared and ending on the latest date for which any such declaration
of an area of the State terminates.
(2) KATRINA SURVIVOR- The term `Katrina Survivor' means an individual who--
(A) resides in an area for which a major disaster has been declared in
accordance with 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane Katrina; or
(B) resided in an area described in subparagraph (A) during the 7 days
immediately preceding the declaration of a major disaster described in
subparagraph (A).
(3) MAJOR DISASTER- The term `major disaster' has the meaning given the
term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
(b) Expenses Eligible for Reimbursement- Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, subject to subsection (c), the President shall reimburse a State or
local government in which an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors is operating
for expenses incurred by the State or local government resulting from the
operation of the shelter (such as overtime wages paid to police officers to
ensure the provision of adequate coverage to portions of the State or locality
other than the emergency shelter), regardless of whether the expenses were
incurred for goods or services provided at the location of the emergency shelter.
(c) Period of Applicability- This section and the authority provided by this
section apply only to expenses incurred as a result of the operation of an
emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors from a State during the disaster period
of the State.
Calendar No. 209
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1684
A BILL
To clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina Survivors
are eligible for Federal reimbursement.
September 13, 2005
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
END
