Making further emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Appropriates an additional $1.4 billion to the Department of Defense-Military for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' for emergency hurricane expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment of personnel, and other costs resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain available through FY2006. Allows the transfer of up to $6 million to the Armed Forces Retirement Home for emergency hurricane expenses.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer these funds to appropriations for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, family housing, Defense Health Program, and working capital funds. Requires transferred funds to be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation or fund to which transferred. Requires re-transfer back to this appropriation of any transferred funds determined to be not necessary for the purposes of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to notify the congressional defense committees in writing within five days after any such transfer.

Designates such amounts as emergency requirements which shall shall not count for budget enforcement purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

Appropriates to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers--Civil, an additional $200 million for "Operation and Maintenance," and an additional $200 million for "Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies," to remain available until expended, for emergency expenses for repair of storm damage to authorized projects, as well as flood control and hurricane shore protection projects, in the Gulf States affected by Hurricane Katrina. Requires weekly reports by the Chief of Engineers, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, to the Committees on Appropriations on funds allocation and obligation.

Designates such amounts as emergency requirements which shall shall not count for budget enforcement purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

Appropriates an additional $50 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for disaster relief (for areas affected by Hurricane Katrina), to remain available until expended, of which up to $100 million may be transferred to and merged with "Emergency Preparedness and Response--Public Health Programs" for the National Disaster Medical System to support medical care as authorized by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. Requires the transfer of $15 million to, and merger with, "Departmental Management and Operations--Office of Inspector General" for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations as authorized by law for Hurricane Katrina response and recovery activities. Requires weekly reports by the Secretary of Homeland Security to the Committees on Appropriations on funds allocation and obligation.

Designates such amounts as emergency requirements which shall shall not count for budget enforcement purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

(Sec. 101) Authorizes the use of the emergency procurement authority of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act by executive agencies to make purchases without obtaining competitive quotations for procurements of property or services determined by the agency head to be used in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations, if an agency employee determines that the purchase price is reasonable.

Increases from $2,500 to $250,000 the maximum amount (micro-purchase threshold) of such a purchase that: (1) may be made without obtaining competitive quotations; and (2) need not be distributed equitably among qualified suppliers.

That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide


                      (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', $1,400,000,000 for emergency hurricane expenses, to support 
costs of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment of personnel, and 
other costs resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for military 
personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, family housing, 
Defense Health Program, and working capital funds: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $6,000,000 may be transferred to ``Armed Forces 
Retirement Home'' for emergency hurricane expenses: Provided further, 
That funds transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation or fund 
to which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department 
of Defense: Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary 
for the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not more than 5 days after making transfers from this 
appropriation, notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing of 
any such transfer: Provided further, That the amounts provided herein 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                        OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'' for 
emergency expenses for repair of storm damage to authorized projects in 
the Gulf states affected by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall 
provide, at a minimum, a weekly report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
beginning not later than September 15, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'', as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
August 16, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701), for emergency expenses for repair of 
damage to flood control and hurricane shore protection projects in the 
Gulf states caused by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall 
provide, at a minimum, a weekly report to the Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
beginning not later than September 15, 2005: Provided further, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

                            Disaster Relief


                      (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'', $50,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to $100,000,000 
may be transferred to and merged with ``Emergency Preparedness and 
Response, Public Health Programs'' for the National Disaster Medical 
System to support medical care as authorized by the Public Health 
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (42 
U.S.C. 300hh-11): Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with ``Departmental Management and 
Operations, Office of Inspector General'' for necessary expenses of the 
Office of Inspector General for audits and investigations as authorized 
by law for Hurricane Katrina response and recovery activities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide, at a 
minimum, a weekly report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing 
the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 
September 15, 2005: Provided further, That the amounts provided herein 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).

                           GENERAL PROVISION

    Sec. 101. For procurements of property or services determined by 
the head of an executive agency to be used in support of Hurricane 
Katrina rescue and relief operations--
        (1) the emergency procurement authority in subsection 32A(c) of 
    the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428a(c)) 
    may be used; and
        (2) the amount specified in subsections (c), (d), and (f) of 
    section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
    U.S.C. 428) shall be $250,000.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Second Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the 
Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.