[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 19902]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON THE SUSPENSION OF SUBCHAPTER IV OF CHAPTER 31 OF TITLE 40, 
UNITED STATES CODE, WITHIN A LIMITED GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN RESPONSE TO THE 
         NATIONAL EMERGENCY CAUSED BY HURRICANE KATRINA--PM 20

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority under 
section 3147 of title 40, United States Code, to suspend the provisions 
of 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 in the event of a national emergency. I have 
found that the conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina constitute a 
``national emergency'' within the meaning of section 3147. I have, 
therefore, suspended the provisions of 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 in 
designated areas in the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and 
Mississippi.
  This action is more fully set out in the enclosed proclamation that I 
have issued today.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 8, 2005.

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