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[S. 1682 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 207
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1682

To provide for reimbursement for business revenue lost as a result of a 
   facility being used as an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2005

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following 
                  bill; which was read the first time

                           September 13, 2005

             Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for reimbursement for business revenue lost as a result of a 
   facility being used as an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOST BUSINESS REVENUE.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Disaster period.--The term ``disaster period'' means, 
        with respect to any State that includes an area for which a 
        major disaster has been declared in accordance with section 401 
        of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane 
        Katrina, the period beginning on the earliest date on which any 
        area of the State was so declared and ending on the latest date 
        for which any such declaration of an area of the State 
        terminates.
            (2) Katrina survivor.--The term ``Katrina Survivor'' means 
        an individual who--
                    (A) resides in an area for which a major disaster 
                has been declared in accordance with 401 of the Robert 
                T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane Katrina; 
                or
                    (B) resided in an area described in subparagraph 
                (A) during the 7 days immediately preceding the 
                declaration of a major disaster described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (3) Major disaster.--The term ``major disaster'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
    (b) Reimbursement for Lost Business Revenue.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, subject to subsection (c), the President shall reimburse 
        an individual or entity that owns or operates a facility used 
        as an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors for 100 percent 
        of the business revenue lost as a result of cancellation of 
        revenue-raising events, as determined jointly by the President 
        and the individual or entity.
            (2) Disputes.--Any dispute relating to the eligibility of 
        lost revenue for reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be 
        determined through binding arbitration in accordance with the 
        policies and procedures promulgated by the American Arbitration 
        Association applicable to private arbitration of disputes.
    (c) Period of Applicability.--This section and the authority 
provided by this section apply only to lost business revenue of a 
facility assisting Katrina Survivors from a State during the disaster 
period of the State.
                                                       Calendar No. 207

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1682

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                                 A BILL

To provide for reimbursement for business revenue lost as a result of a 
   facility being used as an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 13, 2005

             Read the second time and placed on the calendar