To establish a National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response.

3.0.0 1748 2022-02-03T05:25:25Z 2023-01-12T10:32:54Z Senate S S 2005-09-21 109 To establish a National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response. 109 3706 HR 2005-09-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. 109 3764 HR 2005-09-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS Text similarities House A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. 109 1622 S 2005-09-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. 109 1748 S 2005-09-22 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220. Related bill CRS 2005-09-22 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220. 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 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 2005-09-21 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-09-21 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-09-21 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-09-21 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-09-21 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-09-21 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-09-21 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-09-21 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-09-21 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-09-21 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-09-21 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-09-21 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2005-09-21 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2005-09-21 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2005-09-21 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-21 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2005-09-21 True 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 2005-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-07T19:11:06Z Establishes in the legislative branch a bipartisan Katrina Commission to report to the President and Congress on : (1) 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) the circumstances surrounding the Hurricane's approach, and the extent of federal, state, and local government preparedness for and response to it; (3) 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; (4) 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 (5) immediate corrective measures that can be taken to prevent problems with federal response to future cataclysmic events.

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A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. Display Title A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1748pcs/xml/BILLS-109s1748pcs.xml 2005-09-22 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220. 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.