3.0.0 1766 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z Senate S S 2005-09-22 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-23T00:08:20Z Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act 109 3958 HR 2005-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Related bill CRS Text similarities House Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act 109 1765 S 2005-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2005-09-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-09-22 True 2005-10-04T04:00:00Z S. 1766, Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17208 <p>Preliminary cost estimate for the bill as introduced on September 22, 2005.</p> 2005-10-04T04:00:00Z S. 1766, Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17208 Preliminary cost estimate for the bill as introduced on September 22, 2005. Economics and Public Finance Access to health care Administration of justice Administrative procedure Affordable housing Aid to dependent children Air force Alcoholism Animals Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Army Bankruptcy Block grants Building construction Caribbean area Cash welfare block grants Child health Coast guard Collection of accounts Community development Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Continental shelf Counseling Courthouses Crime and Law Enforcement Crocodiles Day care Debtor and creditor Defense budgets Defense procurement Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Department of Transportation Department of Veterans Affairs Department of the Interior Disabled Disaster loans Disaster relief Displaced persons Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drug therapy Education Educational facilities Electric power distribution Electric power production Electric power transmission Electric utilities Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency housing Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Energy Energy assistance for the poor Energy conservation Energy supplies Environmental Protection Environmental health Evacuation of civilians Families Family services Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to housing Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to transportation Federal installations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fire fighters Fisheries Fishery management Fishing Fishing boats Floods Foreclosure Fraud Gambling Gas in submerged lands Gas pipelines Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government regulation Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Habitat conservation Harbors Health Health care fraud Health counseling Health insurance Health surveys Higher education Highway finance Home care services Home ownership Homeless Hospital care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Income Income tax Indian housing Infrastructure Insect control Inspectors general Insurance premiums Intergovernmental fiscal relations Iraq compilation Land transfers Legislation Licenses Limited access highways Louisiana Maintenance and repair Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine terminals Marines Mass rapid transit Medicaid Medical screening Medicare Mental health services Military bases Military construction operations Military dependents Military education Military housing Military pay Military personnel Military training Minorities Missing children Mortgages Mosquitoes National Guard Natural gas Navy Nonprofit organizations Petroleum in submerged lands Pregnant women Preschool education Presidential appointments Preventive medicine Private schools Psychotherapy Public Lands and Natural Resources Public health personnel Public housing Quality of care Railroad finance Regulatory impact statements Relocation Rent Rescue work Road construction Rural economic development Rural housing Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Shellfish Shipbuilding Small business Social Welfare Social work Special education Sports and Recreation State courts Student aid Student loan funds Submarine oil well drilling Supplemental appropriations Tax credits Tax returns Taxation Teacher salaries Telemedicine Timber sales Transportation and Public Works Trauma care Unemployment insurance Urban affairs Veterans' hospitals Veterans' medical care Warships Water Resources Development Weather forecasting Welfare eligibility Wildlife conservation Wildlife management Women Economics and Public Finance 00 2005-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-15T22:06:28Z Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2005 related to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.

Makes appropriations for interoperable communications.

Provides for reconstruction/repair of the New Orleans Regional VA Hospital.

Directs the Secretary of the Navy to convey the Naval Support Activity to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, or the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, to facilitate their development and expansion.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to hazard mitigation measures in a major disaster area.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to reimburse all costs associated with the restoration of privately-owned utility infrastructure damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to Hurricane Katrina Emergency Assistance Vouchers.

Prescribes requirements under the Home Program for families displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Establishes in the Treasury the Home Business and Mortgage Protection Fund.

Amends the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 with respect to reimbursement of states for benefits under title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) part A of the Social Security Act (SSA)) provided to assist families from other states affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Requires a state to provide medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to Disaster Relief Medicaid (DRM)-eligible Katrina Survivors under a plan established during the DRM coverage period.

Provides for 100% federal matching payments for medical assistance provided in direct impact parishes.

Establishes in the Treasury the United States Disaster Relief Fund.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to make Katrina survivors eligible for: (1) a refundable income tax credit for 100% of health insurance costs; and (2) assistance with health insurance coverage under national emergency grants.

Provides that an area in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists shall be designated as a health professional shortage area.

Waives, during the disaster relief period, certain quality reporting requirements under SSA title XVIII (Medicare) for hospitals located in any parish affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Amends the federal bankruptcy code with respect to debtors who are victims of a natural disaster.

Amends SSA title IX (Employment Security) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the federal unemployment account to a state's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund an amount appropriate to ensure that the state account is not insolvent.

Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to guarantee the timely payment of any debenture issued to a qualified borrower for purposes of rebuilding or resuming operations in a damaged area.

Amends the Small Business Act with respect to Supplemental Emergency Loans after Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Agriculture Disaster Relief Act of 2005 - Prescribes requirements for certain crop disaster assistance.

Privately Owned Utility System Restoration Act of 2005 - Directs the President to compensate privately owned utilities in Louisiana for losses incurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

Establishes a Protecting Essential Louisiana Infrastructure, Citizens, and Nature Commission (Pelican Commission).

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program of grants for activities relating to transition, recovery, and relocation for federal and state agencies, businesses, institutions of higher education, and public-private partnerships in Louisiana that have been affected by Hurricane Katrina or a related condition.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for emergency grants for construction of public telecommunications facilities damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Provides relief for the crawfish industry.

Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to report on the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on fisheries in affected states.

Establishes an entrepreneurship redevelopment program to be administered by the Economic Development Administration to rebuild and diversify New Orleans and the ten surrounding parishes.

Requires the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to establish grant programs to: (1) construct, maintain, and repair evacuation and energy supply routes; (2) expand road and transit capacity in the community; (3) restore, protect, and improve the infrastructure of the Port of New Orleans and other affected ports.

Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration for reimbursements to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport for anticipated revenue shortfalls.

AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps Act of 2005 - Establishes an AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps to carry out projects in a major disaster or emergency area that provide food, clothing, shelter, and other humanitarian assistance for disaster victims.

Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to coastal states from certain offshore energy-related amounts for hurricane protection and protection of resources from natural disasters.

Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 - Extends the seaward boundaries of Gulf of Mexico states from three geographical miles to three marine leagues if certain conditions are met.

Louisiana Restoration Stamp Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a Louisiana Restoration Stamp and establish the Louisiana Restoration Stamp Fund to hold sale proceeds for coastal and wetland restoration activities.

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for the restoration of the Lake Pontchartrain basin.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe or revise emergency tax relief measures for residents of the Hurricane Katrina disaster area, including specified tax credits and deductions from gross income.

Provides for suspension of air transportation excise taxes.

Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to continue to serve as the Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction in order to audit and investigate the use of funds made available for Hurricane Katrina recovery.

Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to track and report to Congress quarterly on spending of Hurricane Katrina emergency supplemental appropriations.

Amends the federal criminal code to create a federal crime of interfering with federal disaster relief efforts.

Shields volunteers from lawsuits arising out of their rendering of aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

]]> Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act Display Title Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Louisiana Hurricane Katrina Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Louisiana Katrina Reconstruction Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Louisiana Restoration Stamp Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Privately Owned Utility System Restoration Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-22T04:00:00Z 2005-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.