[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1144 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1144

    To waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster 
assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2007

  Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Melancon, Mr. 
  Jefferson, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Barrow, Mr. 
Berry, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Corrine 
 Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Ms. Carson, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, 
 Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Fattah, 
   Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
   Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
 Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
 Meeks of New York, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, 
  Mr. McDermott, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ross, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott of 
 Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Towns, Mrs. Jones of 
  Ohio, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster 
assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Federal 
Match Relief Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL SHARE OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any 
agreement, the Federal share of the cost of disaster assistance 
provided before the date of enactment of this Act in connection with 
Hurricane Katrina or Rita under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), 
including direct Federal assistance, shall be 100 percent with respect 
to assistance provided for the States of Louisiana and Mississippi.

SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF LOANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2(a) of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-88) is amended by striking ``Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 417(c)(1) of the Stafford Act, such loans 
may not be canceled:''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall be 
effective on the date of enactment of the Community Disaster Loan Act 
of 2005 (Public Law 109-88).
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