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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5354 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to extend the period during which 

a State educational agency or local educational agency may obligate 

temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary school 

students displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2006 

Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. POE, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Education to extend the period 

during which a State educational agency or local educational agency may obligate temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary school students 

displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricane Relief Ex5 tension Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR OBLIGATION OF TEM2 PORARY EMERGENCY IMPACT AID FOR DIS3 PLACED STUDENTS. 

4 Notwithstanding sections 107(f) and 110 of title IV 

5 (commonly known as the ‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery 

6 Act’’) of Division B of the Department of Defense, Emer7 gency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri8 canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 

9 2006 (Public Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2680), the Sec10 retary of Education may extend the period during which 

11 a State educational agency or local educational agency 

12 may obligate funds received under section 107 of that title, 

13 except that such funds shall be used only for expenses in14 curred during the 2005–2006 school year, as required by 

15 section 107 of that title. 

16 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

17 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 

18 (1) According to the Department of Education, 

19 more than 370,000 students were unable to attend 

20 school in the weeks following hurricanes Katrina and 

21 Rita. 

22 (2) According to the Department of Education, 

23 158,000 students remained displaced as of October 

24 1, 2005, and are eligible for impact aid. 

25 (3) The unprecedented nature of this crisis and 

26 the massive dislocation of students prompted the 


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1 Congress in 2005 to approve the Hurricane Edu2 cation Recovery Act to provide money to reopen 

3 schools in the Gulf Coast region and an additional 

4 $645 million for impact aid. 

5 (4) The Congress included stringent time lines 

6 in the Hurricane Education Recovery Act to ensure 

7 the money would quickly be sent to the local edu8 cational agencies to help the schools in need. 

9 (5) The Department of Education accelerated 

10 the application process in order to quickly release 

11 education-related relief. 

12 (6) A significant portion of the recovery aid, 

13 both restart and impact aid, has yet to reach dam14 aged schools and local educational agencies. 

15 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Congress urges 

16 State educational agencies to expeditiously distribute edu17 cation relief funds received under title IV (commonly 

18 known as the ‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery Act’’) of Di19 vision B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Sup20 plemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the 

21 Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public 

22 Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2680)) to impacted schools and 

23 institutions. 

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