9-2-05,
Bill Passed House by Voice Vote
9-2-05, Bill Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent
9-2-05, Became Public Law 109-61
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs
arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
Disaster Relief
For an additional amount for `Disaster Relief', $10,000,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.
Res. 95 (109th Congress).
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for `Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide', $500,000,000
for emergency hurricane expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emergency
repairs, deployment of personnel, and other costs resulting from immediate
relief efforts, to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for
military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, family housing,
Defense Health Program, and working capital funds: Provided further,
That funds transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation or fund to which
transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in
addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense:
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part of the
funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not more than
5 days after making transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional
defense committees in writing of any such transfer: Provided further,
That the amount provided herein is designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
This Act may be cited as the `Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to
Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005'.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
END
