A bill to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Latest action · Nov 7, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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 22, 2005
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Provides for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina to the Department of Education, upon the Secretary of Education's request, to assist educational agencies serving such students in paying for costs of personnel, operations, and materials and equipment.
Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) determine an immediate need for such assistance before requesting such a funds transfer; and (2) obligate certain funds for an additional year as emergency funding to meet the students' educational needs.
Shortens the period for certain advance notifications to Congress under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005, in particular the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2005.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 22, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 22, 2005 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Sep 22, 2005 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2005 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2005 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2005 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 27, 2005 | |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2005 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Sep 27, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Sep 26, 2005Received in the House.
- Sep 26, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 26, 2005Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 22, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 22, 2005Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10387-10388; text as passed Senate: CR S10388)
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 S10387, S10388Text printed S10388 | Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX, William H. Frist R-TN | Sep 22, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 3, 2005S. 1764, An act to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 22, 2005</p>
- Oct 3, 2005S. 1764, An act to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane KatrinaCost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 22, 2005
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the continued education of students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Alabama
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Education
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to education
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Paraprofessional school personnel
- Reprogramming of appropriated funds
- Teacher salaries
- Teaching materials
- Texas
- Textbooks
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2005Referred in House
- Sep 22, 2005Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 22, 2005Considered and Passed Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.