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[S. 1745 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]







                                                       Calendar No. 219
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1745

 To expand the availability of resources under the Community Services 
     Block Grant Act for individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2005

 Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the following bill; 
                     which was read the first time

                           September 22, 2005

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expand the availability of resources under the Community Services 
     Block Grant Act for individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.

    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 ``Community Services Disaster 
Assistance Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING, ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE, AND STAFF.

    (a) Funding.--A State that receives a payment or allotment under 
section 675A or 675B of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9905, 9906) may use not more than 1 percent of the portion of 
the payment or allotment that is available for expenditure under 
section 675C(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9907(b)) (including sums 
available for administrative expenses under paragraph (2) of such 
section) to transfer funds to Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama. A 
State that receives such funds shall use the funds to make grants, or 
carry out any activities, described in section 675C of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 9907).
    (b) Eligibility for Assistance.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may waive the provisions of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act relating to income limitations on eligibility to receive assistance 
under such Act for any area in which the President has determined that 
an emergency, or a major disaster, as defined in section 102 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122), exists, related to Hurricane Katrina, for the purpose of 
assisting individuals who resided on August 22, 2005 in such an area.
    (c) Staff.--An eligible entity (as defined in section 673 of the 
Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)) or a State lead 
agency designated under section 676(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
9908(a)(1)) may send an employee of the eligible entity, or State lead 
agency, who receives compensation provided under the Community Services 
Block Grant Act to an area described in subsection (b) to provide 
disaster assistance.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) Federal law permits the Federal Emergency Management 
        Agency to utilize eligible entities to provide emergency 
        assistance under section 676 of the Community Services Block 
        Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9908); and
            (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency should make 
        this emergency assistance available to the eligible entities 
        immediately.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 674(a) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9903(a)) is amended by striking ``through 2003'' and inserting 
``through 2006''.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

    The authority provided by this Act (other than section 4) 
terminates on August 29, 2006.
                                                       Calendar No. 219

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1745

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To expand the availability of resources under the Community Services 
     Block Grant Act for individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 22, 2005

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar