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[S. 1777 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        S.1777

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and six


                                 An Act


 
         To provide relief for the victims of 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 ``Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of an 
individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under section 
410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177(a)) as a result of a disaster 
declaration made for Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita on or after 
August 29, 2005, the President shall make such assistance available for 
39 weeks after the date of the disaster declaration.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.