II Calendar No. 209 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1684 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 A BILL To clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina Survivors are eligible for Federal reimbursement.

1.

Expenses eligible for reimbursement

(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)

Expenses eligible for reimbursement

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to subsection (c), the President shall reimburse a State or local government in which an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors is operating for expenses incurred by the State or local government resulting from the operation of the shelter (such as overtime wages paid to police officers to ensure the provision of adequate coverage to portions of the State or locality other than the emergency shelter), regardless of whether the expenses were incurred for goods or services provided at the location of the emergency shelter. (c)

Period of applicability

This section and the authority provided by this section apply only to expenses incurred as a result of the operation of an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors from a State during the disaster period of the State.

September 13, 2005 Read the second time and placed on the calendar