[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1843 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1843

   To establish a strong Federal officer appointed by the President 
   focused exclusively on the official and effective use of Federal 
 resources in southeast Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina recovery, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 6, 2005

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a strong Federal officer appointed by the President 
   focused exclusively on the official and effective use of Federal 
 resources in southeast Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina recovery, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Louisiana Katrina Recovery Administrator.
            (2) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given 
        under section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of the 
        Louisiana Katrina Recovery Administrator.
            (4) Recovery.--The term ``recovery'' includes relief, 
        rebuilding, and reconstruction.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the Executive 
Office of the President, the Office of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery 
Administrator.
    (b) Administrator.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Louisiana Katrina Recovery 
        Administrator shall be the head of the Office. Not later than 
        30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
        shall appoint the Administrator.
            (2) Qualifications.--The individual appointed as 
        Administrator--
                    (A) shall be a United States citizen at least 30 
                years of age; and
                    (B) shall be appointed on the basis of--
                            (i) extensive business and management 
                        experience;
                            (ii) demonstrated political independence 
                        and integrity; and
                            (iii) independence from financial interests 
                        associated with recovery from Hurricane Katrina 
                        in Louisiana.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall--
            (1) provide leadership in--
                    (A) developing a plan for the recovery of areas in 
                Louisiana adversely impacted by Hurricane Katrina; and
                    (B) ensuring accountability and transparency of 
                recovery efforts;
            (2) have management and oversight authority of all agencies 
        in all Federal activities and the use of Federal resources 
        relating to the recovery from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana;
            (3) ensure the activities and resources referred to under 
        paragraph (2) are performed and used in the most efficient and 
        effective manner practicable;
            (4) coordinate the efforts of the Federal Government and 
        the State and local governments of Louisiana in the recovery 
        from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana; and
            (5) after consultation with the relevant head of an agency, 
        have the authority to--
                    (A) if necessary to ensure streamlined Federal 
                action and avoid unnecessary bureaucratic delays in 
                long-term recovery efforts, direct the head of an 
                agency to exercise any administrative waiver authority 
                of that agency relating to a requirement of Federal 
                law, including any waiver authority under section 301 
                of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141); and
                    (B) extend any such waiver for any period until the 
                termination of the Office.
    (b) Chairperson of the Interagency Working Group.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established the Louisiana 
        Katrina Interagency Working Group (in this subsection referred 
        to as the ``Working Group''). The Administrator shall be the 
        Chairperson of the Working Group.
            (2) Functions.--The Working Group shall coordinate with the 
        Administrator to carry out this Act.
            (3) Members.--The Working Group shall include--
                    (A) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
                    (B) the Secretary of Commerce;
                    (C) the Secretary of Education;
                    (D) the Secretary of Labor;
                    (E) the Secretary of Agriculture;
                    (F) the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration;
                    (G) the Director of the Environmental Protection 
                Agency; and
                    (H) any other head of an agency as determined by 
                the President.
            (4) Termination.--The Working Group shall terminate on the 
        date of the termination of the Office.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

    The President shall provide administrative and support services 
(including personnel) for the Office.

SEC. 6. LOUISIANA KATRINA ADVISORY BOARD.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Louisiana Katrina 
Advisory Board (in this section referred to as the ``Board'').
    (b) Membership.--The Board shall be comprised of 6 members, none of 
whom shall be an elected official, and of whom--
            (1) 2 shall be appointed by the President;
            (2) 2 shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of 
        Louisiana;
            (3) 1 shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of New 
        Orleans; and
            (4) 2 shall be appointed by a majority of the parish 
        presidents of Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, 
        and Washington Parishes, Louisiana.
    (c) Duties.--The Board shall provide advice and recommendations to 
the Administrator to carry out the purposes of this Act.
    (d) Chairperson.--The Administrator shall designate 1 member as 
Chairperson of the Board.
    (e) Powers of the Board.--
            (1) Hearings.--The Board may hold such hearings, sit and 
        act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive 
        such evidence as the Board considers advisable to carry out 
        this section.
            (2) Information from federal agencies.--The Board may 
        secure directly from any Federal department or agency such 
        information as the Board considers necessary to carry out this 
        section. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Board, the head 
        of such department or agency shall furnish such information to 
        the Board.
            (3) Postal services.--The Board may use the United States 
        mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
            (4) Gifts.--The Board may accept, use, and dispose of gifts 
        or donations of services or property.
    (f) Board Personnel Matters.--
            (1) Compensation of members.--Each member of the Board who 
        is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall 
        be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
        annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
        Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such 
        member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the 
        Board. All members of the Board who are officers or employees 
        of the United States shall serve without compensation in 
        addition to that received for their services as officers or 
        employees of the United States.
            (2) Travel expenses.--The members of the Board shall be 
        allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
        under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
        Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business 
        in the performance of services for the Board.
            (3) Staff.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chairperson of the Board may, 
                without regard to the civil service laws and 
                regulations, appoint and terminate an executive 
                director and such other additional personnel as may be 
                necessary to enable the Board to perform its duties. 
                The employment of an executive director shall be 
                subject to confirmation by the Board.
                    (B) Compensation.--The Chairperson of the Board may 
                fix the compensation of the executive director and 
                other personnel without regard to chapter 51 and 
                subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
                Code, relating to classification of positions and 
                General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay 
                for the executive director and other personnel may not 
                exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
                Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
                    (C) Personnel as federal employees.--
                            (i) In general.--The executive director and 
                        any personnel of the Board who are employees 
                        shall be employees under section 2105 of title 
                        5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters 
                        63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 89A, 89B, and 90 of 
                        that title.
                            (ii) Members of board.--Subparagraph (A) 
                        shall not be construed to apply to members of 
                        the Board.
            (4) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal Government 
        employee may be detailed to the Board without reimbursement, 
        and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 
        service status or privilege.
            (5) Procurement of temporary and intermittent services.--
        The Chairperson of the Board may procure temporary and 
        intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
        States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the 
        daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 
        level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such 
        title.
    (g) Termination of the Board.--The Board shall terminate on the 
date of the termination of the Office of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery 
Administrator.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to the Board to carry out this Act.

SEC. 7. DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
if Congress enacts a joint resolution as provided under this section--
            (1) a waiver under section 4(a)(5) shall not take effect or 
        cease to be in effect, as the case may be; or
            (2) notwithstanding section 10(b), the Office shall 
        terminate.
    (b) Contents of Resolution.--For the purpose of subsection (a), the 
term ``joint resolution'' means a joint resolution, the matter after 
the resolving clause of which is only 1 of the following:
    ``That Congress disapproves the waiver extension under section 
4(a)(5) of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005 relating to 
______ (the blank space being appropriately filled in).''.
    ``The Congress disapproves the extension of termination under 
section 10(b) of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005, of which 
the President submitted notice to Congress on ______ (the blank space 
being filled in by the appropriate date).''.
    (c) Referral to Committee.--A resolution described in subsection 
(b) introduced in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. A 
resolution described in subsection (b) introduced in the Senate shall 
be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. Such a resolution may not be reported before the 
8th day after its introduction.
    (d) Discharge of Committee.--If the committee to which is referred 
a resolution described in subsection (b) has not reported such 
resolution (or an identical resolution) at the end of 15 calendar days 
after its introduction, such committee shall be deemed to be discharged 
from further consideration of such resolution and such resolution shall 
be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House involved.
    (e) Floor Consideration.--
            (1) In general.--When the committee to which a resolution 
        is referred has reported, or has been deemed to be discharged 
        (under subsection (d)) from further consideration of, a 
        resolution described in subsection (b), it is at any time 
        thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same 
        effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective 
        House to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
        resolution, and all points of order against the resolution (and 
        against consideration of the resolution) are waived. The motion 
        is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is 
        privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is 
        not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a 
        motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A 
        motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to 
        or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed 
        to the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 
        resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
        respective House until disposed of.
            (2) Debate.--Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable 
        motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited 
        to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally 
        between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A 
        motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. 
        An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to 
        proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to 
        recommit the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider 
        the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to 
        is not in order.
            (3) Vote on final passage.--Immediately following the 
        conclusion of the debate on a resolution described in 
        subsection (b), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 
        the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 
        appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the resolution 
        shall occur.
            (4) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
        decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules 
        of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may 
        be, to the procedure relating to a resolution described in 
        subsection (b) shall be decided without debate.
    (f) Coordination With Action by Other House.--If, before the 
passage by one House of a resolution of that House described in 
subsection (b), that House receives from the other House a resolution 
described in subsection (b) relating to the same matter, then the 
following procedures shall apply:
            (1) The resolution of the other House shall not be referred 
        to a committee.
            (2) With respect to a resolution described in subsection 
        (b) of the House receiving the resolution--
                    (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no resolution had been received from the other 
                House; but
                    (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                resolution of the other House.
    (g) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This subsection 
is enacted by Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a resolution described in subsection 
        (b), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it 
        is inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.

SEC. 8. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION.

    (a) Redesignation.--(1) Section 3001 of the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and 
Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106; 117 Stat. 1234; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 
section 8G note) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (b), by striking ``Office of the Special 
        Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction'' and inserting 
        ``Office of the Special Inspector General for Relief and 
        Reconstruction''; and
            (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking all after ``The head 
        of the Office of the Special Inspector General'' and inserting 
        ``for Relief and Reconstruction is the Special Inspector 
        General for Relief and Reconstruction (in this section referred 
        to as the `Inspector General'). If a vacancy occurs after the 
        service of the individual as provided under section 8(b) of the 
        Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005, the Inspector General 
        shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate.''.
    (2)(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 3001. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RELIEF AND 
              RECONSTRUCTION.''.

    (B) The heading of title III of such Act is amended to read as 
follows:

``TITLE III--SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION''.

    (b) Continuation in Office.--The individual serving as the Special 
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act may continue to serve as the Special Inspector 
General for Relief and Reconstruction (with all additional duties and 
responsibilities as provided under this Act) after that date without 
reappointment under paragraph (1) of section 3001(c) of the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction 
of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004, but remaining subject to removal as 
specified in paragraph (4) of that section.
    (c) Purposes.--Subsection (a) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and for Hurricane 
        Katrina recovery activities'' after ``Iraq Relief and 
        Reconstruction Fund''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the Secretary of State 
        and the Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``the Secretary of 
        State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
        Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies, as 
        appropriate,''.
    (d) Responsibilities of Assistant Inspector General for Auditing.--
Subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Assistant Inspectors General.--(1) The Inspector General 
shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations governing the 
civil service--
            ``(A) appoint 1 or more Assistant Inspectors General for 
        Auditing who shall have the responsibility for supervising the 
        performance of auditing activities relating to--
                    ``(i) programs and operations supported by the Iraq 
                Relief and Reconstruction Fund; and
                    ``(ii) programs and operations relating to 
                Hurricane Katrina recovery activities; and
            ``(B) appoint 1 or more Assistant Inspectors General for 
        Investigations who shall have the responsibility for 
        supervising the performance of investigative activities 
        relating to such programs and operations.''.
    (e) Supervision.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Inspector General 
shall report directly to, and be under the general supervision of, the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense with respect to 
activities relating to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
    ``(B) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Inspector General 
shall report directly to, and be under the general supervision of, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security with respect to activities relating to Hurricane 
Katrina recovery activities.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``Department of Defense, 
                        the Department of State, or the United States 
                        Agency for International Development'' and 
                        inserting ``Federal Government''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and Hurricane Katrina 
                        recovery activities'' after ``Iraq Relief and 
                        Reconstruction Fund'';
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)'';
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
                        through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), 
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) It shall be the duty of the Inspector General to conduct and 
coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, handling, and 
expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
Hurricane Katrina recovery by the Federal Government, and of the 
programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds, 
including--
            ``(i) the oversight and accounting of the obligation and 
        expenditure of such funds;
            ``(ii) the monitoring and review of reconstruction 
        activities funded by such funds;
            ``(iii) the monitoring and review of contracts funded by 
        such funds;
            ``(iv) the monitoring and review of the transfer of such 
        funds and associated information between and among departments, 
        agencies, and entities of the United States, State and local 
        governments, and private and nongovernmental entities;
            ``(v) the maintenance of records on the use of such funds 
        to facilitate future audits and investigations of the use of 
        such funds; and
            ``(vi) the monitoring of Federal grants and benefit 
        programs.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(4)'';
                            (ii) by striking all after ``cooperation 
                        of'' and inserting ``the inspectors general and 
                        auditing entities of all other Federal 
                        departments and agencies.''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B)(i) The Inspector General shall ensure, to the greatest extent 
possible, that the activities of the Inspector General do not duplicate 
audits and investigations of inspectors general and other auditors of 
Federal departments and agencies, and State and local government 
entities.
    ``(ii) The Inspector General shall notify the inspector general of 
the relevant agency or department before initiating an audit or 
investigation relating to Hurricane Katrina activities.
    ``(iii) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
statutory authority of inspectors general to conduct audits or 
investigations relating to Hurricane Katrina activities.'';
            (3) in subsection (h)(4)(B), by striking ``Secretary of 
        State or Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget and heads of relevant 
        agencies''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)(5)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(5)'';
                    (B) by inserting ``for activities relating to 
                Iraq'' after ``operation of such offices''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the 
Inspector General with appropriate and adequate office space, together 
with such equipment, office supplies, and communications facilities and 
services as may be necessary for the operations of such offices for 
activities relating to Hurricane Katrina, and shall provide necessary 
maintenance services for such offices and equipment and facilities 
located therein.''.
    (f) Reports Relating to the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction.--
Subsection (i) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(7)(A) The Inspector General shall also submit each report under 
this subsection to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(B)(i) Not later than 30 days after receipt of a report under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 
may submit to the appropriate committees of Congress any comments on 
the matters covered by the report as the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Defense, as the case may be, considers appropriate.
    ``(ii) A report under this subparagraph may include a classified 
annex if the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense, as the 
case may be, considers it necessary.''.
    (g) Reports Relating to Hurricane Katrina Relief and 
Reconstruction.--Subsection (j) of such section is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(j) Reports Relating to Hurricane Katrina Relief and 
Reconstruction.--(1)(A) At the end of each calendar quarter, beginning 
with the first full quarter after the date of enactment of the 
Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report summarizing 
for the period of that quarter the activities of the Inspector General 
and of the Hurricane Katrina recovery activities of the Federal 
Government. Each report shall include, for the period covered by such 
report, a detailed statement of all obligations, expenditures, and 
revenues associated with recovery activities for Hurricane Katrina, 
including the following:
            ``(i) Obligations and expenditures of appropriated funds.
            ``(ii) Accounting of the costs incurred to date for 
        Hurricane Katrina recovery, together with the estimate of the 
        Federal Government's costs to complete each project and each 
        program.
            ``(iii) Operating expenses of any Federal departments, 
        agencies, or entities receiving appropriated funds for 
        Hurricane Katrina recovery activities.
            ``(iv) In the case of any contract described in paragraph 
        (2)--
                    ``(I) the amount of the contract or other 
                agreement;
                    ``(II) a brief discussion of the scope of the 
                contract or other agreement;
                    ``(III) a discussion of how the contracting 
                department or agency identified, and solicited offers 
                from, potential contractors to perform the contract, 
                together with a list of the potential contractors that 
                were issued solicitations for the offers; and
                    ``(IV) the justification and approval documents on 
                which was based the determination to use procedures 
                other than procedures that provide for full and open 
                competition.
    ``(B) The first quarterly report required to be submitted under 
subparagraph (A) shall also summarize activities for Hurricane Katrina 
recovery undertaken before that quarter.
    ``(2) A contract described in this paragraph is any major contract 
or other agreement that is entered into by any department or agency of 
the United States Government that involves the use of amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available for Hurricane Katrina recovery 
with any public or private sector entity.
    ``(3) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of the 
Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim report on 
the status of Hurricane Katrina recovery activities of the Federal 
Government. The interim report shall include the following:
            ``(A) The operational activities of the Office of the 
        Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction.
            ``(B) The status of auditors and investigators deployed to 
        Louisiana.
            ``(C) A strategic plan for oversight, including audits of 
        no bid contracts.
            ``(D) Vulnerabilities identified and immediate actions to 
        address such vulnerabilities.
            ``(E) Measures taken to coordinate interagency oversight 
        elements.
    ``(4) Not later than March 31, 2006, and semiannually thereafter, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report meeting the requirements of section 5 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    ``(5) The Inspector General shall publish each report under this 
subsection on an accessible Federal Government Internet Web site.
    ``(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize 
the public disclosure of information that is--
            ``(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
        provision of law;
            ``(B) specifically required by Executive order to be 
        protected from disclosure in the interest of national defense 
        or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or
            ``(C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
    ``(7)(A) The Inspector General shall also submit each report under 
this subsection to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or heads of other appropriate agencies.
    ``(B) Not later than 30 days after receipt of a report under 
paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 
the heads of other appropriate agencies may submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress any comments on the matters covered by the 
report as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and heads 
of relevant agencies consider appropriate.
    ``(8) The Inspector General shall respond to any reasonable summons 
to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of 
Congress.''.
    (h) Transparency.--Subsection (k) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection (i), the 
        Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (i) or (j), the Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget and the heads of the relevant 
        departments shall''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (j)(2) of 
        comments on a report under subsection (i), the Secretary of 
        State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (i)(7)(B) or (j)(7)(B) of comments on a 
        report under subsection (i) or (j), the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget and the heads of relevant departments 
        shall''.
    (i) Waiver.--Subsection (l) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or paragraph (1) or 
        (3) of subsection (j)'' after ``subsection (i)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or paragraph (1) or 
        (3) of subsection (j)'' after ``subsection (i)'' each place 
        that term occurs.
    (j) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--Subsection (m) of such 
section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and Foreign Relations'' 
        and inserting ``Foreign Relations, and Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and International 
        Relations'' and inserting ``International Relations, and 
        Homeland Security''.
    (k) Funding.--Subsection (n) of such section is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of the 
Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction to carry out 
the responsibilities of the Special Inspector General relating to 
Hurricane Katrina recovery such sums as necessary for fiscal year 
2006.''.
    (l) Application to Louisiana and Termination.--Such section is 
amended by striking subsection (o) and inserting the following:
    ``(o) Application to Louisiana.--Any reference in this section to 
Hurricane Katrina recovery shall only apply with respect to Hurricane 
Katrina recovery in the State of Louisiana.
    ``(p) Termination.--(1)(A) The responsibilities of the Office of 
the Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction with 
respect to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund shall terminate on 
the date that is 10 months after the date, as determined by the 
Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, on which 80 percent of the 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief and 
Reconstruction Fund by chapter 2 of title II of this Act have been 
obligated.
    ``(B) The responsibilities of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Relief and Reconstruction with respect to Hurricane Katrina 
recovery activities shall terminate 2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Louisiana Katrina Recovery Act of 2005.
    ``(2) The Office of the Special Inspector General for Relief and 
Reconstruction shall terminate on the later date occurring under 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 
carry out this Act.

SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF OFFICE.

    (a) In General.--The Office and position of Administrator shall 
terminate 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Extension of Termination.--
            (1) In general.--The President may extend the date of 
        termination under subsection (a) in accordance with this 
        subsection.
            (2) Conditions of extension.--Any extension of termination 
        under this subsection--
                    (A) shall not be effective for any period occurring 
                5 years after the date of enactment of this Act;
                    (B) may not apply retroactively if the Office and 
                the position of Director have terminated under this 
                section;
                    (C) shall not be effective unless 60 days before 
                the date on which a termination would occur the 
                President submits a notice to Congress of a 
                determination to extend the termination; and
                    (D) subject to subparagraph (A), shall be for a 6-
                month period.
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