NEW ORLEANS, LA

Amendments

Hurricanes: provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1777), S1366, S1371 [15FE], H499 [1MR]

Articles and editorials

Evacuee Study Finds Declining Health, E673 [2MY]

Invisible People, E1059 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions

Corps of Engineers: submit a report identifying activities for hurricane and flood protection near Lake Pontchartrain (see S. 2232), S446 [1FE] (see H.R. 4748), H273 [14FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office (see H.R. 5547), H3496 [7JN]

Hurricanes: commend efforts of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see H. Res. 823), H2961 [19MY]

———provide for recovery from Hurricane Katrina (see S. 2319), S1414 [16FE]

NASA: recognize dedication of employees at the Michoud Assembly Facility, LA, who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina to keep generators and pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware (see H. Res. 892), H4554 [26JN]

Letters

Prevent shipbuilders under Federal contract from receiving both disaster recovery funding and insurance benefits for hurricane damages: Donald P. Springer, Defense Contract Management Agency, S3865 [2MY]

Poems

``Angry Voice One: Nazis on the Bridges,'' Representative Owens, E433 [28MR]

``Angry Voice Three: Blacks Need More Guns,'' Representative Owens, E434 [28MR]

``Angry Voice Two: They Are Coming for Our Homes,'' Representative Owens, E434 [28MR]

Remarks in House

African Americans: role of racial relations in events surrounding evacuation and relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina, E433 [28MR]

Appropriations: require hurricane relief and recovery funding be considered in separate legislation from supplemental defense appropriations, H1079-H1082 [16MR]

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select): release of report, E618 [26AP]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H511, H512, H557 [2MR], H760 [8MR]

Denton, TX: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, E947 [24MY]

Dept. of HUD: provide Community Development Block Grant Program assistance to long-term recovery areas housing victims of Hurricane Katrina, H1037, H1038 [15MR]

———require use of the most accurate data to determine allocation of assistance relative to damages from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H1036 [15MR]

———reserve Community Development Block Grant Program funding in abeyance until States with schools educating Hurricane Katrina evacuees are reimbursed, H1038, H1039 [15MR]

———utilize relief funding for low and moderate income victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, H1044 [15MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: VA Medical Center reconstruction funding, H1084, H1085 [16MR]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, H482-H486 [1MR], H950-H957 [14MR]

FEMA: GAO report on fraud in the receipt of disaster assistance relative to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief efforts, H3911 [14JN], H4012 [15JN]

———improve delivery of temporary housing to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, H468 [1MR]

France: observance of national day to remember slavery, E783 [10MY]

Health: declining health of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, E673 [2MY]

Home Depot, Inc.: tribute to efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H2967 [22MY]

Hurricanes: assess status of Hurricane Katrina legislation, H3803 [13JN]

———ensure assistance for children impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E1059 [8JN]

———establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make FEMA an independent agency, H247 [14FE], H361 [16FE]

———establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future, H259, H260 [14FE], H777 [8MR], H1202 [29MR]

———establish independent commission and request GAO oversight of Federal spending and contracting in response to Hurricane Katrina, H615 [7MR]

———establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by hurricanes, H50 [1FE]

———provide for reconstruction, replacement, and improvement of infrastructure in the Gulf Coast States, H952 [14MR]

———provide for recovery from Hurricane Katrina funding, H1004 [15MR]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, E594 [25AP]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1777), H499 [1MR], H514-H521 [2MR]

———recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 4197), H355 [16FE], H954 [14MR], H1115, H1116 [16MR], H2762 [18MY], E1182 [16JN]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H354 [16FE], H432, H435, H437 [28FE], H601 [7MR]

———relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, H950-H957 [14MR], H2624-H2626 [16MY]

———restore health care-related services in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, H1110 [16MR]

Independent Commission To Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (H.R. 3838), E739 [5MY]

International Shipholding Corp.: relocation to Mobile, AL, E1344 [29JN]

Liberty, MO: tribute to Liberty School District, parents organizations, faculty, staff, and students for participation in Book Relief project, E882 [19MY]

National Guard: facilities reconstruction funding, H1085, H1086 [16MR]

Pastor's Resource Council: tribute to efforts to provide relief for Louisiana communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Rita, E46 [1FE]

Pennsylvania: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E305 [8MR]

SBA: disaster loan programs response to Hurricane Katrina, H279 [15FE]

———improve approval rate for disaster loans to victims of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, H1046 [15MR]

———prohibit the use of funds to make or guarantee a loan under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, H1105, H1106 [16MR]

———prohibit use of funds to enforce deadlines regarding economic injury disaster loan applications and physical loan applications, H1104, H1105 [16MR]

St. Mary's County, MD: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E399 [16MR]

Tulane University Hospital: tribute to reopening after Hurricane Katrina, H354 [16FE]

Virginia Dental Association: tribute to volunteers participating in relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, E118 [8FE]

Remarks in Senate

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (Senate): release of report, S4204 [9MY]

Contracts: improve Federal contracting transparency and accountability relative to hurricane relief and recovery, S3779-S3781 [1MY], S4028, S4029 [4MY]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grant to Port of New Orleans, LA, to mitigate increased costs from loss of deep draft navigation access to certain facilities at the Port in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, S3944 [3MY]

Dept. of Defense: prevent shipbuilders under Federal contract from receiving both disaster recovery funding and insurance benefits for hurricane damages, S3864-S3869 [2MY]

Dept. of HUD: provide Community Development Block Grant Program assistance to long-term recovery areas housing victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S3689 [27AP], S3797 [1MY]

Dept. of Labor: give priority for national emergency grants to States that assist those individuals displaced by hurricanes in Gulf Coast Region, S3689 [27AP], S3797 [1MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer, S3779 [1MY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future, S413 [1FE], S492 [2FE]

———New Orleans, LA, levee improvement and gulf coast restoration funding, S3772, S3775 [1MY], S3956, S3957 [3MY], S4958-S4960 [23MY]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina (S. 1777), S1371 [15FE], S1404 [16FE], S1757 [3MR]

———provide relief for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S5832-S5834 [14JN]

Katrina on the Ground (organization): tribute, S1409 [16FE]

North Carolina: tribute to citizens and organizations for efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, S6276 [21JN]

SBA: disaster loan programs response to Hurricane Katrina, S4515-S4518 [12MY]

Social Security: transfer funds from the Disaster Relief Fund to SSA for necessary expenses and losses related to Hurricane Katrina, S4015 [4MY]

Reports

Coast Guard Air Station Houston Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Anthony Marcos, Coast Guard, E958 [24MY]

Reports filed

Final Report: Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select) (H. Rept. 109-377), H331 [15FE]

Supplementary Report and Document Annex: Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select) (H. Rept. 109-396), H1127 [16MR]

Statements

Bipartisan Committee To Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (House, Select) Report: Congressional Black Caucus, H355 [16FE]

———Representative Corrine Brown, H355 [16FE]

Post 9/11 Pollution: Kimberly Flynn, 9/11 Environmental Action (organization), E1306 [28JN]

Texts of

S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act, S1757 [3MR], H514 [2MR]