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H.R. 3864 · 109th Congress

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita Act of 2005

Law · 109-82 · Sep 30, 2005
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CBR BoustanySponsor
6 cosponsors · 6 R
JBR Boehner BJR Jindal KMR Marchant SBR Bachus CPR Pickering RPR Paul

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Sep 22, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Sep 28, 2005
  3. House Passed Sep 28, 2005
  4. President To the President Sep 29, 2005
  5. President Signed Sep 30, 2005
  6. Law Sep 30, 2005

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita Act of 2005 - Provides vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Sep 30, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 28, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita Act of 2005 - Provides vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

Directs the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, in realloting amounts to states under certain provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA), to give preference to affected states that contain an area, or that received a significant number of individuals who resided in an area, in which the President has declared that a major disaster exists. Authorizes waiver of nonfederal share requirements in specified circumstances.

Allows an affected state to use such reallotted funds for FY2005 to: (1) pay for vocational rehabilitation services for such individuals that contribute to economic growth and development of communities; (2) enable such individuals to participate in reconstruction or other major disaster assistance activities in the areas in which the individuals resided on certain dates; (3) pay for vocational rehabilitation services for such individuals who do not meet the affected state's order of selection criteria under RA; or (4) carry out other activities in accordance with title I of RA.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita Act of 2005

Also known as: Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Act of 2005

Latest action (Sep 30, 2005): Became Public Law No: 109-82.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 22, 2005

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  1. House Introduced Sep 22, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Sep 28, 2005
  3. House Passed Sep 28, 2005
  4. President To the President Sep 29, 2005
  5. President Signed Sep 30, 2005
  6. Law Sep 30, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.