Disaster Recovery Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 14, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 13, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the President, with respect to individuals and households receiving assistance for damages suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina, to waive the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act limitations on financial assistance of a maximum $5,000 (increased below to $25,000) per household for repairs, $10,000 per household for replacement of an owner-occupied private residence, and $25,000 per individual or household for a single disaster.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to double from 7.5% to 15% of the estimated aggregate amount of federal disaster relief grants to be made with respect to a major disaster the limit on the total amount of contributions the President may make for cost-effective hazard mitigation measures in the disaster area.
Increases from $5,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of assistance per household allowable for repairs.
Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) administer state management costs in a consistent manner, in accordance with certain federal guidelines; and (2) implement a process under which the Director will approve or disapprove such costs within 30 days after they are submitted.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Sep 13, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative procedure
- Alabama
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal-state relations
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Home repair and improvement
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Law
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Overhead costs
- Residential rehabilitation
- Water Resources Development
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- Sep 13, 2005Introduced in House
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