A bill to allow for expanded uses of funding allocated to Louisiana under the hazard mitigation program while preserving the goals of the program to reduce future damage from disasters through mitigation.

3.0.0 1541 2023-01-12T17:52:50Z 2023-01-12T17:52:50Z Senate S S 2007-06-05 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-05T16:28:59Z A bill to allow for expanded uses of funding allocated to Louisiana under the hazard mitigation program while preserving the goals of the program to reduce future damage from disasters through mitigation. 110 1897 S 2007-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2007-06-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Emergency Management Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Home ownership Housing and Community Development Hurricanes Louisiana Emergency Management

00 2007-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-29T20:39:15Z Providing for Commonsense Rebuilding Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from prohibiting the use by Louisiana under its Road Home Program of amounts provided under FEMA's hazard mitigation grant program because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita based upon the existence of a Program requirement that: (1) limits the amount made available to an eligible homeowner who does not agree to remain an owner and occupant of a home in Louisiana; or (2) waives the applicability of such limitation for homeowners who are elderly or senior citizens.

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Providing for Commonsense Rebuilding Act of 2007 Display Title Providing for Commonsense Rebuilding Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow for expanded uses of funding allocated to Louisiana under the hazard mitigation program while preserving the goals of the program to reduce future damage from disasters through mitigation. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Providing for Commonsense Rebuilding Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1541is/xml/BILLS-110s1541is.xml 2007-06-05 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.