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Calendar No. 207 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1682 

To provide for reimbursement for business revenue lost as a result of a 

facility being used as an emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 

Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read the first time 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL

To provide for reimbursement for business revenue lost as 

a result of a facility being used as an emergency shelter 

for Katrina Survivors.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOST BUSINESS REV4 ENUE. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

6 (1) DISASTER PERIOD.—The term ‘‘disaster pe7 riod’’ means, with respect to any State that includes 
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1 an area for which a major disaster has been declared 

2 in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 

3 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) as a result of Hurricane 

5 Katrina, the period beginning on the earliest date on 

6 which any area of the State was so declared and 

7 ending on the latest date for which any such dec8 laration of an area of the State terminates. 

9 (2) KATRINA SURVIVOR.—The term ‘‘Katrina 

10 Survivor’’ means an individual who— 

11 (A) resides in an area for which a major 

12 disaster has been declared in accordance with 

13 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

14 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 5170) as a result of Hurricane Katrina; or 

16 (B) resided in an area described in sub17 paragraph (A) during the 7 days immediately 

18 preceding the declaration of a major disaster 

19 described in subparagraph (A). 

20 (3) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis21 aster’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

22 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

23 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

24 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOST BUSINESS REV25 ENUE.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, subject to subsection (c), the Presi3 dent shall reimburse an individual or entity that 

4 owns or operates a facility used as an emergency 

5 shelter for Katrina Survivors for 100 percent of the 

6 business revenue lost as a result of cancellation of 

7 revenue-raising events, as determined jointly by the 

8 President and the individual or entity. 

9 (2) DISPUTES.—Any dispute relating to the eli10 gibility of lost revenue for reimbursement under 

11 paragraph (1) shall be determined through binding 

12 arbitration in accordance with the policies and pro13 cedures promulgated by the American Arbitration 

14 Association applicable to private arbitration of dis15 putes. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICABILITY.—This section and 

17 the authority provided by this section apply only to lost 

18 business revenue of a facility assisting Katrina Survivors 

19 from a State during the disaster period of the State. 
Calendar No. 207 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1682 

A BILL

To provide for reimbursement for business revenue 

emergency shelter for Katrina Survivors. lost as a result of a facility being used as an 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar