[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3892 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3892

  To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the issuance of 
               Hurricane Katrina Relief EE savings bonds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2005

  Mr. Wicker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the issuance of 
               Hurricane Katrina Relief EE savings bonds.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricane Katrina Bond Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EE SAVINGS BONDS.

    Section 3105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Hurricane Katrina Relief EE Savings Bonds.--The Secretary may 
designate one or more series of bonds or certificates (or any portion 
thereof) issued under this section as `Hurricane Katrina Relief Bonds'. 
Proceeds from such bonds and certificates shall be used for 
expenditures authorized for relief and reconstruction relating to the 
impact of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast of the United States 
in 2005.''.
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