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Calendar No. 209 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1684 

To clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina Survivors 

are eligible for Federal reimbursement. 

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 clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for 

Katrina Survivors are eligible for Federal reimbursement. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EXPENSES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

5 (1) DISASTER PERIOD.—The term ‘‘disaster pe6 riod’’ means, with respect to any State that includes 

7 an area for which a major disaster has been declared 
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1 in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 

2 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

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

4 Katrina, the period beginning on the earliest date on 

5 which any area of the State was so declared and 

6 ending on the latest date for which any such dec7 laration of an area of the State terminates. 

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

9 Survivor’’ means an individual who— 

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

11 disaster has been declared in accordance with 

12 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

14 5170) as a result of Hurricane Katrina; or 

15 (B) resided in an area described in sub16 paragraph (A) during the 7 days immediately 

17 preceding the declaration of a major disaster 

18 described in subparagraph (A). 

19 (3) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis20 aster’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

21 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

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

23 (b) EXPENSES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT.— 

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to 

25 subsection (c), the President shall reimburse a State or 
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1 local government in which an emergency shelter for 

2 Katrina Survivors is operating for expenses incurred by 

3 the State or local government resulting from the operation 

4 of the shelter (such as overtime wages paid to police offi5 cers to ensure the provision of adequate coverage to por6 tions of the State or locality other than the emergency 

7 shelter), regardless of whether the expenses were incurred 

8 for goods or services provided at the location of the emer9 gency shelter. 

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

11 the authority provided by this section apply only to ex12 penses incurred as a result of the operation of an emer13 gency shelter for Katrina Survivors from a State during 

14 the disaster period of the State. 
Calendar No. 209 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1684 

A BILL 

To clarify which expenses relating to emergency 

Federal reimbursement. shelters for Katrina Survivors are eligible for 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar