3.0.0 1622 2023-01-13T04:50:04Z 2023-01-13T04:50:04Z Senate S S 2005-09-07 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-07T15:37:08Z 109 3706 HR 2005-09-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 109 1748 S 2005-09-22 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220. Related bill CRS 109 3764 HR 2005-09-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Identical bill CRS 2005-09-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-09-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-09-07 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-09-07 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-09-07 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-09-07 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-09-07 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-09-07 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-09-07 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-09-07 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-09-08 False C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-09-08 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-09-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-09-09 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2005-09-09 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2005-09-12 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2005-09-13 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-13 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2005-09-19 False Emergency Management Alabama Congress Congressional investigations Congressional oversight Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency communication systems Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal budgets Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Floods Government Operations and Politics Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Louisiana Mississippi Planning Science, Technology, Communications Water Resources Development Emergency Management

00 2005-09-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-13T19:33:52Z Establishes in the legislative branch a bipartisan Katrina Commission to: (1) examine and report upon the federal, state, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other affected areas; (2) evaluate and report on the information developed by all relevant governmental agencies related to Hurricane Katrina before it struck the United States and in the days and weeks following; (3) make a complete accounting of the circumstances surrounding the approach of Hurricane Katrina to the Gulf states, and the extent of the Government's preparedness for and response to it; (4) examine planning necessary for future cataclysmic events that will require a significant marshaling of federal resources, mitigation, response, and recovery to avoid significant loss of life; (5) analyze whether any decisions differed with respect to response and recovery for different communities and what problems occurred as a result of a lack of a common plan, communication structure, and centralized command structure; and (6) investigate and report to the President and Congress on immediate corrective measures that can be taken to prevent problems with federal response to future cataclysmic events.

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