3.0.0 1843 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-06 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-06T23:36:28Z 2005-10-06 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Emergency Management Accounting Auditing Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Construction industries Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Expedited congressional procedure Federal advisory bodies Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Floods Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid House rules and procedure Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Inspectors general International Affairs Iraq Iraq compilation Legislative resolutions Louisiana Middle East and North Africa Presidential appointments Senate rules and procedure War relief Waste in government spending Emergency Management 00 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-20T19:40:03Z Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery Administrator.

Specifies the authorities and functions of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery Administrator, including to: (1) provide leadership in developing a plan for the recovery of areas in Louisiana adversely impacted by Hurricane Katrina and ensuring accountability and transparency of recovery efforts; (2) have management and oversight authority of all agencies in all federal activities and the use of federal resources relating to the recovery from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana; (3) ensure such activities and resources are performed and used efficiently and effectively; and (4) coordinate the efforts of the federal government and the state and local governments of Louisiana in the recovery.

Establishes the Louisiana Katrina Interagency Working Group. Designates the Administrator as the Chairperson of the Group.

Establishes the Louisiana Katrina Advisory Board to provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator.

Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to re-designate the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction as the "Office of the Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction" and includes as duties auditing and investigating Hurricane Katrina recovery activities and expenses. Requires reports.

]]> Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005 Display Title Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a strong Federal officer appointed by the President focused exclusively on the official and effective use of Federal resources in southeast Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina recovery, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1843is/xml/BILLS-109s1843is.xml 2005-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.