[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3645 Considered and Passed House (CPH)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3645

 Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs 
arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 2, 2005

   Mr. Lewis of California introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

                           September 2, 2005

The Committees on Appropriations and the Budget discharged; considered 
                               and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs 
arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

                            Disaster Relief

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'', $10,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', $500,000,000 for emergency hurricane expenses, to support costs 
of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment of personnel, and other 
costs resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may 
transfer these funds to appropriations for military personnel, 
operation and maintenance, procurement, family housing, Defense Health 
Program, and working capital funds: Provided further, That funds 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or part 
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for 
the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not more than 5 days after making transfers from this 
appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
of any such transfer: Provided further, That the amount provided herein 
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the 
Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005''.
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