Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006
Latest action · Mar 6, 2006 Became Public Law No: 109-176.
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 27, 2005
- Passed SenateFeb 15, 2006
- Passed HouseMar 2, 2006
- To the PresidentMar 6, 2006
- Became lawMar 6, 2006Public Law 109-176
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on March 2, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Directs the President to make unemployment assistance available to individuals eligible for such assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of a disaster declaration made for Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita on or after August 29, 2005, for 39 weeks after the date of that declaration.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
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 | Markup Sep 22, 2005Reported as an original measure Sep 27, 2005 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2006 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2006 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2006 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2006Presented to President.
- Mar 6, 2006Signed by President.
- Mar 6, 2006Became Public Law No: 109-176.
- Mar 3, 2006Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1757)
- Mar 3, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 3, 2006Cleared for White House.
- Mar 2, 2006Consideration initiated by previous order of the House. (consideration: CR H514-521)
- Mar 2, 2006Pursuant to a previous special order, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 1777, as amended.
- Mar 2, 2006Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote. (text: CR H514)
- Mar 2, 2006The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order of the House. (consideration: CR H521)
- Mar 2, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 2, 2006Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- Feb 16, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Feb 15, 2006Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1371-1372)
- Feb 15, 2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 15, 2006Received in the House.
- Feb 15, 2006Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 15, 2006Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 27, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 27, 2005Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Collins. Without written report.
- Sep 27, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 229.
- Sep 22, 2005Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ordered to be reported an original measure.
In the Congressional Record 5
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 S1757Text printed S1757 | William H. Frist R-TN | Mar 3, 2006 |
| House | Debate and remarks H514–H521Text printed H514 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Bill Shuster R-PA, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, James L. Oberstar D-MN, Jim McDermott D-WA, Maxine Waters D-CA, Randy Neugebauer R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, William J. Jefferson D-LA | Mar 2, 2006 |
| House | Debate and remarks H499Amendments H499 | Mark E. Souder R-IN (amendment) | Mar 1, 2006 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1404 | Thad Cochran R-MS | Feb 16, 2006 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1371Amendments S1366, S1371 | Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT, Susan M. Collins R-ME (amendment), William H. Frist R-TN | Feb 15, 2006 |
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 4
- Mar 22, 2006S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 3, 2006, and signed by the President on March 6, 2006</p>
- Mar 22, 2006S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 3, 2006, and signed by the President on March 6, 2006
- Nov 4, 2005S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 27, 2005</p>
- Nov 4, 2005S. 1777, Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 27, 2005
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS22022 | Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) | Report | Apr 1, 2025 |
| R45819 | The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA): A Summary of Selected Statutory Provisions Archived | Report | Jul 8, 2019 |
| R45182 | Unemployment and Employment Programs Available to Workers Affected by Disasters | Report | Apr 30, 2018 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 679 | Amendment placed at the desk and considered as adopted pursuant to the order of the House of Wednesday, March 1, 2006. | Mark E. Souder R-IN | On agreeing to the Souder amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
| SA 2890 | To provide a complete substitute. | Susan M. Collins R-ME | Amendment SA 2890 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill to provide relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate for portions of this bill
- Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005
- Popular Titles
- Hurricane Katrina Emergency bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Agriculture and Food
- Alabama
- Clothing
- Deportation
- Disaster relief
- Displaced persons
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency housing
- Emergency Management
- Equipment and supplies
- Federal aid to housing
- Federal-local relations
- Floods
- Foreign students
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Home repair and improvement
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing subsidies
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Immigration
- Labor and Employment
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Unemployment insurance
- Visas
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Mar 2, 2006Engrossed Amendment House
- Feb 15, 2006Referred in House
- Feb 15, 2006Engrossed in Senate
- Sep 27, 2005Placed on Calendar 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.