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S. 1777 · 109th Congress

Hurricane Katrina Emergency bill

Law · 109-176 · Mar 6, 2006
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No cosponsors.

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 27, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Feb 15, 2006
  3. House Passed Mar 2, 2006
  4. Senate Changes resolved Mar 3, 2006
  5. President To the President Mar 6, 2006
  6. President Signed Mar 6, 2006
  7. Law Mar 6, 2006

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Mar 6, 2006

(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.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006

Also known as: Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2005

Latest action (Mar 6, 2006): Became Public Law No: 109-176.

Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 27, 2005

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  1. Senate Introduced Sep 27, 2005
  2. Senate Passed Feb 15, 2006
  3. House Passed Mar 2, 2006
  4. Senate Changes resolved Mar 3, 2006
  5. President To the President Mar 6, 2006
  6. President Signed Mar 6, 2006
  7. Law Mar 6, 2006

No recorded floor vote found.