Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 27, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Makes the CFO responsible for the efficient and effective use of federal funds in all activities relating to the recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Requires the CFO to strive to ensure that priority in the distribution of federal: (1) relief funds is given to individuals and organizations most in need of financial assistance; and (2) reconstruction funds is given to business entities based in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Florida, or business entities that hire workers who resided in those states on August 24, 2005.
Requires the CFO also to: (1) oversee all financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort; (2) develop and maintain an integrated accounting and financial management system; and (3) monitor the financial execution of the budget of federal agencies relating to recovery from Hurricane Katrina in relation to actual expenditures.
Requires the CFO to submit a monthly financial report to specified congressional committees.
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide quarterly reports to such congressional committees relating to all activities and expenditures overseen by the office.
Authorizes appropriations.
Terminates the office and the position of CFO one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the President, however, to extend the office and the position annually for up to five years.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2005 to Oct 19, 2005; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| R-TN | William H. Frist | Original | Sep 14, 2005 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Sep 19, 2005 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Sep 19, 2005 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Sep 22, 2005 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Sep 26, 2005 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Sep 27, 2005 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Sep 28, 2005 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Sep 30, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Oct 7, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Jim Talent | Oct 19, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 14, 2005Markup Sep 22, 2005Reported Sep 27, 2005 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2005Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Sep 27, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.
- Sep 22, 2005Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 14, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11508 | Thomas R. Carper D-DE | Oct 19, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3813 | Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005 | Related bill | Sep 16, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish an Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Oversight of Vital Emergency Recovery Spending Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Accounting
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Alabama
- Chief financial officers
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Disaster relief
- Displaced persons
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Floods
- Florida
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Inspectors general
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Presidential appointments
- Recruiting of employees
- Waste in government spending
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2005Reported to Senate
- Sep 14, 2005Introduced in Senate
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