HR 3764 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.

Introduced Sep 14, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Alcee L. Hastings D-FL

Latest action · Sep 15, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Progress

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IntroducedSep 14, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Establishes in the legislative branch a bipartisan Katrina Commission to: (1) examine and report upon the federal, state, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other affected areas; (2) evaluate and report on the information developed by all relevant governmental agencies related to Hurricane Katrina before it struck the United States and in the days and weeks following; (3) make a complete accounting of the circumstances surrounding the approach of Hurricane Katrina to the Gulf states, and the extent of the Government's preparedness for and response to it; (4) examine planning necessary for future cataclysmic events that will require a significant marshaling of federal resources, mitigation, response, and recovery to avoid significant loss of life; (5) analyze whether any decisions differed with respect to response and recovery for different communities and what problems occurred as a result of a lack of a common plan, communication structure, and centralized command structure; and (6) investigate and report to the President and Congress on immediate corrective measures that can be taken to prevent problems with federal response to future cataclysmic events.

Cosponsors 190

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2005 to Oct 18, 2005; 157 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Sep 14, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Sep 14, 2005

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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Sep 14, 2005
	Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee	Referred Sep 15, 2005

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 15, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1846)
Sep 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In the Congressional Record 13

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Discharge petition H1682	—	Apr 6, 2006
House	Discharge petition H1391	—	Mar 30, 2006
House	Discharge petition H1131	—	Mar 16, 2006
House	Discharge petition H566	—	Mar 2, 2006
House	Discharge petition H12169	—	Dec 17, 2005
House	Discharge petition H11329	—	Dec 8, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H9337–H9343	Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Tim Ryan D-OH	Oct 27, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H8896–H8902	Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Tim Ryan D-OH	Oct 18, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H8720–H8722, H8725–H8727, H8730	Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Tim Ryan D-OH	Oct 6, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H8488	Louie Gohmert R-TX	Sep 28, 2005
House	Debate and remarks H8328	Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL	Sep 22, 2005
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1878, E1879	Bob Etheridge D-NC, Wm. Lacy Clay D-MO	Sep 15, 2005
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1846, E1847	Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Charles B. Rangel D-NY	Sep 14, 2005

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-40	LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA227 pages	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Nov 3, 2005

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 460	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3764) to establish a National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response to examine and evaluate the Federal Government's response to Hurricane Katrina and assess its ability to respond to future large-scale disasters.	Related bill	Dec 6, 2005
S 1622	A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.	Identical bill	Sep 7, 2005
S 1652	A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on methoxyacetic acid.	Text similarities	Sep 12, 2005
S 1748	A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.	Related bill	Sep 22, 2005

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House

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