[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 70 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 70

To direct the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of 
 hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-
                     Katrina hurricane protection.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2015

  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 direct the General Accountability Office to conduct a full audit of 
 hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-
                     Katrina hurricane protection.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUDIT OF HURRICANE PROTECTION FUNDING AND COST ESTIMATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office, in 
coordination with the National Academy of Engineering, shall conduct 
and submit to Congress a full audit of hurricane protection funding and 
cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the audit shall be--
            (1) to identify the causes for the extraordinary 
        miscalculations in cost estimates of damage caused by Hurricane 
        Katrina that were completed before the date of enactment of 
        this Act;
            (2) to conduct an analysis of resources available and work 
        required with respect to hurricane protection funding and post-
        Katrina hurricane protection; and
            (3) to identify strategies to replenish reprogrammed 
        funding from out-year work to immediate needs.
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