[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6086 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6086

To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2008

Mr. Alexander introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 
   the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for 
other purposes, namely:

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                              construction

    For an additional amount for ``Construction'', for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other 
hurricanes of the 2005 season, $2,835,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such sums shall not be available until 
October 1, 2008: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is 
directed to use $1,997,000,000 of the funds provided herein to modify 
authorized projects in southeast Louisiana to provide hurricane, storm 
and flood damage reduction in the greater New Orleans and surrounding 
areas to the levels of protection necessary to achieve the 
certification required for participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program under the base flood elevations current at the time 
of enactment of this Act, and shall use $1,077,000,000 of those funds 
for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and $920,000,000 of 
those funds for the West Bank and Vicinity project: Provided further, 
That, in addition, $838,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be 
for elements of Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project within the 
geographic perimeter of the West Bank and Vicinity and Lake 
Pontchartrain and Vicinity projects, to provide for interior drainage 
of runoff from rainfall with a 10 percent annual exceedance 
probability: Provided further, That the amounts provided here in shall 
be subject to a 65 percent Federal / 35 percent non-Federal cost share 
for the specified purposes: Provided further, That beginning not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief of 
Engineers, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works, shall provide monthly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the allocation and obligation of these fund: Provided further, That the 
amount under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement and 
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to subsection (a) and (b) of 
section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'', as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses relating to the consequences 
of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$2,926,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
sums shall not be available until October 1, 2008: Provided further, 
That funds provided herein shall be used to reduce the risk of 
hurricane and storm damages to the greater New Orleans metropolitan 
area, at full Federal expense, for the following: $704,000,000 shall be 
used to modify the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue 
drainage canals and install pumps and closure structures at or near the 
lakefront; $90,000,000 shall be used for storm-proofing interior pump 
stations to ensure the operability of the stations during hurricanes, 
storms, and high water events; $459,000,000 shall be used for armoring 
critical elements of the New Orleans hurricane and storm damage 
reduction system; $53,000,000 shall be used to improve protection at 
the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal; $456,000,000 shall be used to 
replace or modify certain non-Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish to 
incorporate the levees into the existing New Orleans to Venice 
hurricane protection project; $412,000,000 shall be used for 
reinforcing or replacing flood walls, as necessary, in the existing 
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the existing West Bank and 
Vicinity project to improve the performance of the systems; 
$393,000,000 shall be used for repair and restoration of authorized 
protections and floodwalls; and $359,000,000 shall be used to complete 
the authorized protection for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity 
Project and for the West Bank and Vicinity Project: Provided further, 
That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Chief of Engineers, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide monthly reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds: 
Provided further, That any project using funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests have 
entered into binding agreements with the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works requiring the non-Federal interests to pay 100 
percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and 
rehabilitation costs of completed elements and to hold and save the 
United States free from damages due to the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the fault or 
negligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided further, 
That the expenditure of funds as provided above may be made without 
regard to individual amounts or purposes except that any reallocation 
of funds that is necessary to accomplish the established goals is 
authorized, subject to the approval of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the amount under this heading 
is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet 
emergency needs pursuant to subsection (a) and (b) of section 204 of S. 
Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2008.
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