[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

119 STAT. 1988

Public Law 109-61
109th Congress

An Act


 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs
arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.  NOTE: Sept. 2,
2005 -  [H.R. 3645]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,  NOTE: Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the
Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005.  That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Disaster Relief

For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'', $10,000,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402
of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide


(including transfer of funds)


For  NOTE: Expiration date.  an additional amount for ``Operation
and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $500,000,000 for emergency hurricane
expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment
of personnel, and other costs resulting from immediate relief efforts,
to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for
military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, family
housing, Defense Health Program, and working capital funds: Provided
further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and be available
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation
or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to
the Department of Defense: Provided further, That upon a determination
that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be
transferred back to this appropriation: Provided
further,  NOTE: Notification. Deadline.  That the Secretary of Defense



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shall, not more than 5 days after making transfers from this
appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing of
any such transfer: Provided further, That the amount provided herein is
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H.
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane
Katrina, 2005''.

Approved September 2, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3645:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
Sept. 2, considered and passed House and Senate.