[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1847 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1847

To provide assistance to rebuild hospitals damaged by Hurricane Katrina 
               or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 6, 2005

 Ms. Landrieu 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 provide assistance to rebuild hospitals damaged by Hurricane Katrina 
               or Hurricane Rita, 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. HOSPITAL ASSISTANCE.

    From amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall award emergency grants to hospitals 
located in Louisiana to assist the hospitals in recovering from the 
damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

SEC. 2. FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
amounts made available to the Department of Homeland Security under the 
heading ``Disaster Relief'' under the heading ``EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
AND RESPONSE'' of Public Law 109-62 (119 Stat. 1991), not less than 
$311,600,000 shall be available for emergency grants under section 1 by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services to Louisiana hospitals, of 
which $151,100,000 shall be for the Oshner Clinical Foundation in 
Louisiana, $89,200,000 shall be for the East Jefferson General 
Hospital, and $71,200,000 shall be for the West Jefferson Medical 
Center.
    (b) Available Until Expended.--The amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
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