3.0.0 1745 2022-02-03T05:25:35Z 2023-01-12T10:32:55Z Senate S S 2005-09-21 109 2005-09-22 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219. Calendars 2005-09-21 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2005-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-09-21 True Social Welfare Alabama Authorization Block grants Community development Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Floods Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Infrastructure Louisiana Mississippi Poverty Urban affairs Social Welfare 00 2005-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-03T20:38:51Z Community Services Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 - Provides that a state that receives a payment or allotment under the Community Services Block Grant Act (CSBGA) may use not more than 1% of the portion of the block grant payment or allotment available for expenditure to transfer funds to Louisana, Mississippi, or Alabama. Requires a state that receives such funds to use them to make community services grants, or carry out related activities.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive income limitations on eligibility to receive CSBGA assistance for any area in which the President has determined that an emerency, or a major disaster exists, related to Hurricane Katrina, for the purpose of assisting individuals who resided in such an area on August 22, 2005.

Provides that an eligible entity or a state lead agency may send an employee who receives compensation under CSBGA to such an area to provide disaster assistance.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) federal law permits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to utilize eligible entities to provide emergency assistance under CSBGA; and (2) FEMA should make this emergency assistance available to such entities immediately.

]]> Community Services Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Community Services Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 Display Title Community Services Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand the availability of resources under the Community Services Block Grant Act for individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1745pcs/xml/BILLS-109s1745pcs.xml 2005-09-22 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.