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(E) recommendations for ways to improve 
the assistance provided under that section 
7(b)(5), if any. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply during the 4-year pe-
riod beginning on the earlier of the date on which 
guidelines are published by the Administrator under 
subsection (c)(1), or 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, with respect to assistance under 
section 7(b)(5) of the Small Business Act, as added 
by this subsection. 
(b) FARM ENERGY EMERGENCY RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 321(a) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘operations have’’ and 
inserting ‘‘operations (i) have’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before ‘‘: Provided,’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or (ii)(I) are owned or op-
erated by such an applicant that is also a 
small business concern (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632)), and (II) have suffered or are 
likely to suffer substantial economic injury
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on or after January 1, 2005, as the result 
of a significant increase in energy costs or 
input costs from energy sources occurring 
on or after January 1, 2005, in connection 
with an energy emergency declared by the 
President or the Secretary’’; 
(B) in the third sentence, by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘or by 
an energy emergency declared by the President 
or the Secretary’’; and 
(C) in the fourth sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or energy emer-
gency’’ after ‘‘natural disaster’’ each place 
that term appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or declaration’’ after 
‘‘emergency designation’’. 
(2) FUNDING.—Funds available on the date of 
enactment of this Act for emergency loans under 
subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) shall be avail-
able to carry out the amendments made by para-
graph (1) to meet the needs resulting from natural 
disasters. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date on which the Secretary of Agriculture
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issues guidelines under subsection (c)(1), and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate and to the Committee on 
Small Business and the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives, a report that— 
(A) describes the effectiveness of the as-
sistance made available under section 321(a) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)), as amended by this 
subsection; and 
(B) contains recommendations for ways to 
improve the assistance provided under such sec-
tion 321(a). 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply during the 4-year pe-
riod beginning on the earlier of the date on which 
guidelines are published by the Secretary of Agri-
culture under subsection (c)(1), or 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, with respect to assist-
ance under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)), as 
amended by this subsection. 
(c) GUIDELINES AND RULEMAKING.—
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(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each issue 
guidelines to carry out subsections (a) and (b), re-
spectively, and the amendments made thereby, which 
guidelines shall become effective on the date of their 
issuance. 
(2) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator, after consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy, shall promulgate regulations specifying the 
method for determining a significant increase in the 
price of kerosene under section 7(b)(5)(A)(iii)(II) of 
the Small Business Act, as added by this section. 
SEC. 
422. 
BUDGETARY 
TREATMENT 
OF 
LOANS 
AND 
FINANCINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Assistance made available under 
any loan made or approved by the Administration under 
this subtitle, subsections (a) or (b) of section 7 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as amended by 
this subtitle, except for subsection 7(a)(23)(C), or 
financings made under title V of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.), as amended 
by this subtitle, on and after the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall be treated as separate programs of the Adminis-
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tration for purposes of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990 only. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Assistance under this subtitle 
and the amendments made by this subtitle shall be avail-
able only to the extent that funds are made available 
under appropriations Acts, which funds shall be utilized 
to offset the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 
of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) of such assist-
ance. 
SEC. 423. EMERGENCY SPENDING. 
Appropriations under this subtitle are designated as 
emergency spending, as provided under section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
Subtitle C—Agriculture 
SEC. 431. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Louisiana Hurri-
cane Katrina Agricultural Disaster Relief Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 432. APPLICATION TO LOUISIANA PARISHES DES-
IGNATED AS DISASTER AREAS DUE TO HUR-
RICANE KATRINA OR RELATED CONDITIONS. 
In this subtitle, the term ‘‘disaster parish’’ means a 
parish in the State of Louisiana, all or a portion of which 
is included in the geographic area covered by a natural 
disaster declaration—
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(1) made by the Secretary of Agriculture under 
section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) due to Hurri-
cane Katrina or related conditions; or 
(2) made by the President under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) due to Hurricane 
Katrina or related conditions. 
SEC. 433. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Notwith-
standing section 508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(7)), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use $25,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assist-
ance authorized under this section available to producers 
on a farm in a disaster parish (other than producers of 
sugar cane) that have incurred qualifying crop or quality 
losses for the 2005 crop of an insurable commodity or non-
insurable commodity due to Hurricane Katrina or a re-
lated condition. In the case strawberries, assistance under 
this section shall be available for the 2005 and 2006 crops 
for damages to such crops due to Hurricane Katrina or 
a related condition. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall make assistance available under this section in the
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same manner as provided under section 815 of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including 
using the same loss thresholds for the quantity and quality 
losses as were used in administering that section. 
(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), the producers on a farm shall not 
be eligible for assistance under this section with respect 
to losses to an insurable commodity or noninsurable com-
modity if the producers on the farm— 
(1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did 
not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for the in-
surable commodity under the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incur-
ring the losses; 
(2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, 
did not file the required paperwork, and pay the ad-
ministrative fee by the applicable State filing dead-
line, for the noninsurable commodity under section 
196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) for the crop 
incurring the losses;
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(3) had adjusted gross incomes, as defined by 
section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985, of 
greater than $2,500,000 in 2004; or 
(4) were not in compliance with highly erodible 
land conservation and wetland conservation provi-
sions. 
(d) CONTRACT WAIVER.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may waive subsection (c) with respect to the pro-
ducers on a farm if the producers enter into a contract 
with the Secretary under which the producers agree— 
(1) in the case of all insurable commodities pro-
duced on the farm for each of the next two crop 
years— 
(A) to obtain additional coverage for those 
commodities under the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); and 
(B) in the event of violation of the con-
tract, to repay to the Secretary any payment re-
ceived under this section; and 
(2) in the case of all noninsurable commodities 
produced on the farm for each of the next two crop 
or calendar years, as applicable— 
(A) to file the required paperwork, and pay 
the administrative fee by the applicable State 
filing deadline, for those commodities under sec-
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tion 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); 
and 
(B) in the event of violation of the con-
tract, to repay to the Secretary any payment re-
ceived under this section. 
(e) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—As-
sistance provided under this section to a producer 
for losses to a crop, together with the amounts speci-
fied in paragraph (2) applicable to the same crop, 
may not exceed 95 percent of what the value of the 
crop would have been in the absence of the losses, 
as estimated by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) OTHER PAYMENTS.—In applying the limita-
tion in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the 
following: 
(A) Any crop insurance payment made 
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or payment under section 
196 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that 
the producer receives for losses to the same 
crop.
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(B) The value of the crop that was not lost 
(if any), as estimated by the Secretary. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘addi-
tional coverage’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)). 
(2) INSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘insur-
able commodity’’ means an agricultural commodity 
(excluding livestock) for which the producers on a 
farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insur-
ance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
(3) NONINSURABLE
COMMODITY.—The term 
‘‘noninsurable commodity’’ means an eligible crop 
for which the producers on a farm are eligible to ob-
tain assistance under section 196 of the Federal Ag-
riculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7333). 
SEC. 434. SUGARCANE DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall make available to a first processor of 
sugarcane that operates in a disaster parish or obtains 
sugarcane from a disaster parish and that is eligible to 
obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agri-
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culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7272(a)) assistance, in the form of payments or commod-
ities in the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
derived from carrying out that section, to partially com-
pensate producers and first processors for crop and other 
losses due to Hurricane Katrina. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Assistance under subsection 
(a) shall be— 
(1) shared by an affected first processor with 
affected producers that provide commodities to the 
processor in a manner that reflects contracts entered 
into between the processor and the producers; and 
(2) made available under such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary of Agriculture determines are 
necessary to carry out subsection (a). 
(c) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—To carry out sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) use 336,697 tons of commodities in the in-
ventory of the commodity Credit Corporation under 
section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272 (a)); 
(2) make payments in an aggregate amount 
equal to the market value of the quantity of com-
modities specified in paragraph (1); or
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(3) take any combination of actions described in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) using commodities or pay-
ments with a total value equal to the market value 
of the quantity of commodities specified in para-
graph (1). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Out of any funds in the Treasury 
that are not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated 
to carry out this section, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005, to remain available until expended. 
(e) SUGARCANE RESEARCH FACILITY.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall use $25,490,073 of the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to complete the Sug-
arcane Research Laboratory of the Agricultural Research 
Service at Houma, Louisiana. 
(f) BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use $120,000,000 of funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation for the clean up, renovation, 
repair, and replacement of laboratory facilities and equip-
ment at the Southern Regional Research Center of the Ag-
ricultural Research Service at New Orleans, Louisiana. 
SEC. 435. COMPENSATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE LOSSES. 
(a) INFRASTRUCTURE LOSSES.—Out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture, $40,000,000 to 
compensate agricultural producers on a farm operating in
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a disaster parish for costs incurred to repair or replace 
barns and other structures, equipment, and fencing that— 
(1) was used to produce an agricultural com-
modity; and 
(2) was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane 
Katrina or related conditions or in responding to the 
aftermath of the hurricane. 
(b) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may provide assistance authorized under this sec-
tion in the form of— 
(1) reimbursement for eligible repair or replace-
ment costs previously incurred by producers; or 
(2) cash or in-kind assistance in advance of the 
producer undertaking the needed repair or replace-
ment work. 
(c) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Assistance provided 
under this section to a producer for a repair or replace-
ment project, together with amounts received for the same 
project from insurance proceeds, section or other sources, 
may not exceed 95 percent of the costs incurred to repair 
or replace the damaged or destroyed structures, equip-
ment, or fencing, as estimated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture.
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SEC. 436. ASSISTANCE TO DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK PRO-
DUCERS. 
(a) DAIRY CATTLE LOSSES.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall use $250,000 of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make payments for dairy cattle 
losses of dairy producers in disaster parishes due to Hurri-
cane Katrina or related conditions. To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, the Secretary shall make assistance avail-
able under this subsection in the same manner as provided 
under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 
1549A–51). A disaster parish so declared by the President 
as a result of Hurricane Katrina in accordance with sec-
tion 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that does not 
qualify for assistance under this section shall be eligible 
for assistance in the same manner as provided in section 
203 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
3801 note). 
(b) INDEMNITY PROGRAM FOR OTHER LIVESTOCK 
LOSSES.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture 
shall 
use 
$11,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to carry out a livestock indemnity program to 
make payments to producers on farms in disaster parishes 
that have incurred livestock losses, not covered by sub-
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section (a), due to Hurricane Katrina or related condi-
tions. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall use the criteria established under the program re-
ferred to under the heading ‘‘LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY 
PROGRAM’’ in chapter 1 of title I of the 1999 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 
113 Stat. 59), except that the Secretary shall use a pay-
ment rate of $1,000 per head of cattle and shall not im-
pose any limitation on the maximum amount of payments 
that a producer may receive under this subsection. 
(c) DAIRY PRODUCTION LOSSES.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to compensate dairy producers 
operating in disaster parishes for dairy production losses 
and dairy spoilage losses incurred in the aftermath of 
Hurricane Katrina. 
(d) LIVESTOCK
COMPENSATION
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall use $5,000,000 of the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out a live-
stock compensation program to make payments for live-
stock-related losses, not covered by subsection (b), in dis-
aster parishes due to Hurricane Katrina or related condi-
tions. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall use the criteria established under the program re-
ferred to in section 203(a) of the Agricultural Assistance
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Act of 2003 (title II of division N of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2003; Public Law 108–7; 117 
Stat. 539), except that the Secretary shall not impose any 
limitation on the maximum amount of payments that a 
producer may receive under this subsection. 
(e) EMERGENCY ANIMAL HEALTH
AND FORAGE 
COSTS.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture 
shall 
use 
$4,375,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to compensate dairy producers operating in disaster par-
ishes for emergency dairy cattle health costs and increased 
forage costs due to a 30- to 90-day delay in planning in 
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 
SEC. 437. EMERGENCY CITRUS DISASTER, NURSERY CROP 
AND 
CHRISTMAS 
TREE 
DISASTER, 
AND 
STRAWBERRY, 
HORTICULTURAL 
CROPS, 
FALL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DISASTER 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) PROGRAMS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall transfer to the fund established by section 
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), 
$34,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to carry out a Citrus Disaster Program, Nursery Crop 
and Christmas Tree Disaster Program, and Strawberry, 
Horticultural Crops, Fall Fruits and Vegetables Program
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in disaster parishes due to Hurricane Katrina or related 
conditions. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the disaster programs re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in the same manner as the 
special disaster relief programs carried out for pro-
ducers who suffered from crop damage and tree 
losses, and who had to perform related cleanup, in 
certain areas of Florida due to Hurricanes Charley, 
Frances and Jeanne during August and September 
2004. Because of the complete destruction of the 
business records of many producers, the Secretary 
shall use the best available information in deter-
mining eligibility, determining losses, and calculating 
payment amounts under the programs. 
(2) SPECIAL ACREAGE COMPENSATION AMOUNT 
FOR CITRUS LOSSES.—Because of the complete loss 
of the Louisiana citrus crop due to Hurricane 
Katrina, the Secretary shall use only Tier 1 of the 
Florida Citrus Disaster Program in administering 
the Citrus Disaster Program required by subsection 
(a), and the per acre compensation for crop loss and
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associated tree damage in eligible groves of citrus 
shall be $9,023 rather than $1,500. 
(3) SPECIAL LOSS THRESHOLD AND PAYMENT 
RATE FOR HORTICULTURAL CROPS.—In the case of 
the Strawberry, Horticultural Crops, Fall Fruits and 
Vegetables Program required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall cover losses greater than 35 percent, 
rather than 50 percent, and use a single payment 
rate of $2,500 per acre for planted fruits and vege-
tables. 
(4) SPECIAL
PAYMENT
RATE
FOR
SEVERE 
NURSERY
CROP
LOSSES.—In the case of nursery 
crop losses of greater than 25 percent under the 
Nursery Crop and Christmas Tree Disaster Program 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay 
75 percent of the actual dollar amount loss, rather 
than 25 percent. 
(5) PAYMENT
LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall not impose any limitation on the maximum 
amount of payments that a producer may receive 
under a program required by subsection (a). 
(c) RELATION
TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Persons 
that receive payments from section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935, pursuant to a disaster program required 
by subsection (a) are not eligible for payments for quali-
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fying crop or quality losses under the general crop disaster 
assistance authority of section 443. 
SEC. 438. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) TEMPORARY SODBUSTER
AND SWAMPBUSTER 
WAIVER.—Subtitles B and C of title XII of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.) shall not apply 
in a disaster parish during the two-year period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) DEBRIS REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
may use the Natural Resources Conservation Service to 
conduct debris-removal activities on non-Federal forest 
land, with the permission of the owner of the land, in a 
disaster parish to reduce the risk of future catastrophic 
wildfires that would adversely affect watersheds and rural 
communities. 
(c) ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use an additional $190,000,000 of the funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation for the Emergency Water-
shed Protection Program to provide additional funds for 
the repair of damages to waterways and watersheds in dis-
aster parishes resulting from Hurricane Katrina. 
(d) ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PRO-
GRAM FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use an 
additional $40,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity
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Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the Emer-
gency Conservation Program under title IV of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) in par-
ishes in the State of Louisiana declared to be disaster 
areas by the President due to Hurricane Katrina and re-
lated conditions. 
SEC. 439. TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) INCLUSION OF TIMBER AND CHRISTMAS TREE 
CROPS.—In administering the tree assistance program es-
tablished under sections 10201 through 10204 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
provide $25,000,000 to forest land owners who produce 
periodic crops of timber or Christmas trees for commercial 
purposes and who have suffered tree losses in disaster par-
ishes due to Hurricane Katrina or related conditions 
(b) COST-SHARING WAIVERS.— 
(1) TREE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—The cost- 
sharing requirements of section 10203(1) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8203(1)) shall not apply to the operation of 
the tree assistance program in disaster parishes in 
response to Hurricane Katrina or related conditions. 
(2) 
COOPERATIVE
FORESTRY
ASSISTANCE 
ACT.—The cost-sharing requirements of the Cooper-
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ative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2101) shall not apply in disaster parishes during the 
two-year period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) RELATION
TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Persons 
that receive payments from section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), pursuant to the Citrus 
Disaster Program required by section 447 are not eligible 
for payments under the tree assistance program. 
(d) ADDITIONAL STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
PROGRAM FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use an additional $28,300,000 of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to support State and Private 
Forestry programs of the Department of Agriculture to 
provide additional funds for the restoration and rehabilita-
tion of forest lands destroyed or damaged by Hurricane 
Katrina in disaster parishes. 
SEC. 440. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COOPERATIVE STATE 
RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, 
AND 
EXTENSION 
SERVICE. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use an additional 
$34,193,591 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to support the research and education activities 
of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service in disaster parishes. Of such amount,
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$9,060,000 shall be made available to the Louisiana Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, $10,133,591 shall be made 
available to the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, 
and $15,000,000 shall be made available to the Louisiana 
State University Agricultural Center to carry out the Hur-
ricane Forestry Damage Research Initiative. 
SEC. 441. DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY EXPANSION. 
(a) DEFINITION OF REGION.—For purposes of sub-
title F of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), any area affected by a dec-
laration of a major disaster in accordance with section 401 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) in response to Hurricane 
Katrina shall be considered to be a region (as defined in 
section 382A of that subtitle). 
(b) ECONOMIC
AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS.—For purposes of section 382C of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa–2), the Delta Regional Authority may approve a 
grant to a State or a public or nonprofit entity in the State 
of Louisiana to provide economic redevelopment assistance 
in response to damage from Hurricane Katrina or a re-
lated condition, or any other nationally significant inci-
dent, as determined by the President.
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(c) FUNDING
LIMITATION.—Funding limitations 
under section 382D(b) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–3(b)) shall not 
apply to any reconstruction effort relating to a major dis-
aster declared in accordance with section 401 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) in response to Hurricane Katrina 
for the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the 
major disaster is declared. 
(d) APPROPRIATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Out of any funds of the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture, 
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to provide eco-
nomic and community development grants in accord-
ance with section 382C of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–2) 
for projects in communities affected by Hurricane 
Katrina or a related condition. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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SEC. 442. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL LOAN AND GRANT 
PROGRAMS. 
In the case of water or waste disposal grants or direct 
or guaranteed loans under paragraph (1), (2), or (24) of 
section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) made in an area des-
ignated a major disaster area by the President under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), section 343(a)(13)(B) 
of that Act and section 149(b) of the Internal Code of 
1986 shall not apply. 
SEC. 443. COMMUNITY FACILITIES LOAN AND GRANT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of community facility 
direct and guaranteed loans under section 306(a)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)(1)) and community facility grants under para-
graph (19), (20), or (21) of section 306(a) of that Act 
made in an area designated a major disaster area by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
sections 306(a)(21)(A)(iv) and 343(a)(13)(C) of that Act 
and section 149(b) of the Internal Code of 1986 shall not 
apply. 
(b) RESTRUCTURING.—A borrower receiving a guar-
anteed loan or grant described in subsection (a) as of the
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date of enactment of this Act may restructure the loan 
at new rates and terms regardless of the status of the 
loan. 
(c) REDUCTION
OF
GUARANTEE
FEE.—Notwith-
standing any provision of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) (including 
associated regulations), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
waive all or part of any fee associated with a guaranteed 
loan described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 444. RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), in addi-
tion to any other amounts made available by law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall use— 
(1) $120,000,000 to make water and waste dis-
posal direct loans under section 306(a)(1) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926(a)(1)); 
(2) $60,000,000 to make water and waste dis-
posal grants under section 306(a)(2) of that Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)); 
(3) $10,000,000 to make water and waste dis-
posal guaranteed loans under section 306(a)(24) of 
that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(24));
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(4) $20,000,000 to make emergency community 
water assistance grants under section 306A of that 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a); 
(5) $120,000,000 to make community facilities 
direct loans under section 306(a)(1) of that Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926(a)(1)); 
(6) $60,000,000 to make community facilities 
grants under paragraph (19), (20), or (21) of sec-
tion 306(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)); and 
(7) $20,000,000 to make community facilities 
guaranteed loans under section 306(a)(1) of that 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)). 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Loans and grants funded under 
this section shall be available for projects in communities 
in the State of Louisiana in areas that have been des-
ignated as major disaster areas by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amounts made 
available by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this 
section are designated as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
SEC. 445. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may 
promulgate such regulations as are necessary to imple-
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ment this subtitle and the amendments made by this sub-
title. 
(b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regula-
tions and administration of this subtitle and the amend-
ments made by this subtitle shall be made without regard 
to— 
(1) the notice and comment provisions of sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 
and public participation in rulemaking; and 
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’’). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use the authority provided under section 
808 of title 5, United States Code. 
Subtitle D—Privately Owned 
Utility Restoration 
SEC. 461. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Privately Owned 
Utility System Restoration Act of 2005’’.
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SEC. 462. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) DIRECT
LOSS.—The term ‘‘direct loss’’ 
means an amount equal to the sum of— 
(A) the total undepreciated costs of any 
plant and property of a privately owned utility 
that is no longer used or useful as a result of 
Hurricane Katrina; and 
(B) the total restoration costs of a pri-
vately owned utility. 
(2) ELECTRIC
UTILITY
COMPANY.—The term 
‘‘electric utility company’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1262 of the Public Utility Holding 
Company Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58). 
(3) GAS
UTILITY
COMPANY.—The term ‘‘gas 
utility company’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 1262 of the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58). 
(4) INCREMENTAL
LOSS.—The term ‘‘incre-
mental loss’’ means the amount, calculated on a 
monthly basis, that is equal to the difference be-
tween— 
(A) an amount equal to the difference be-
tween— 
(i) the most recent total revenue re-
quirement of the privately owned utility, as
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established by the regulatory authority 
with jurisdiction over the retail rates of the 
privately owned utility; and 
(ii) the sum of— 
(I) direct fuel and purchased en-
ergy costs; and 
(II) the costs associated with the 
recovery of the undepreciated cost of 
all plants of the privately owned util-
ity that are no longer used or useful 
as a result of Hurricane Katrina; and 
(B) the total amount of revenues recovered 
from customers of the privately owned utility 
during the applicable period, excluding the por-
tion of the customer revenues that is attrib-
utable to the recovery of direct fuel and pur-
chased energy costs. 
(5) PRIVATELY
OWNED
UTILITY.—The term 
‘‘privately owned utility’’ means an electric utility 
company or a gas utility company. 
(6) RESTORATION COST.—The term ‘‘restora-
tion cost’’ means the amount equal to the difference 
between— 
(A) any costs incurred by a privately 
owned utility as a result of Hurricane Katrina
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that are eligible to be recorded by a privately 
owned utility under the sections of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission Uniform Sys-
tem of Accounts in which storm damage and 
restoration costs are recorded, including the ac-
counts numbered 107, 108, 118, 119, 174.1, 
and 228.1, as determined by the rules and reg-
ulations of the regulatory authority having ju-
risdiction over the retail rates of the privately 
owned utility; and 
(B) any insurance proceeds received by the 
privately owned utility that relate to direct 
losses and restoration costs of the privately 
owned utility. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 463. PRIVATELY OWNED UTILITY DISASTER RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law and subject to section 454, the President shall, 
in accordance with subsection (b), compensate privately 
owned utilities in the State of Louisiana (including the 
city of New Orleans) for losses incurred as a result of 
Hurricane Katrina. 
(b) COMPENSATION FOR DIRECT AND INCREMENTAL 
LOSSES.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall com-
pensate privately owned utilities for— 
(A) direct losses to the transmission, dis-
tribution, and generation facilities and infra-
structure of electric utility companies and direct 
losses to the facilities and infrastructure of gas 
utility companies incurred, beginning on August 
29, 2005, by privately owned utilities as a re-
sult of Hurricane Katrina; and 
(B) the incremental losses incurred during 
the period beginning August 29, 2005, and end-
ing December 31, 2007, by the privately owned 
utilities as a result of Hurricane Katrina. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The total amout 
of compensation that may be provided to any 1 
privately owned utility under paragraph (1) 
shall be $2,500,000,000. 
(B) LOAD REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A privately owned 
utility shall not be entitled to monthly pay-
ments under paragraph (1)(A) unless the 
load of the privately owned utility for the 
applicable month is not more than 80 per-
cent of the load of the privately owned util-
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ity in the corresponding month during the 
period beginning August 2004 and ending 
July 2005. 
(ii) LOAD MEASUREMENT.—For pur-
poses of clause (i)— 
(I) in the case of an electric util-
ity company, the load shall be meas-
ured in kilowatt hours; and 
(II) in the case of a gas utility 
company, the load shall be measured 
in thousands of cubic feet of gas. 
(c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Any amount appro-
priated pursuant to this section is designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. 
Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
SEC. 464. REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPENSATION; REGULA-
TIONS. 
(a) DOCUMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), 
the amount of compensation payable to a privately 
owned utility under section 453(b) may not exceed 
the amount of losses described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of paragraph (1) of that subsection that the 
President determines, based on sworn financial 
statements or other appropriate data provided by the
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privately owned utility, were incurred by the pri-
vately owned utility. 
(2) AUDIT.—The Secretary and the Comptroller 
General of the United States may— 
(A) audit any statements of a privately 
owned utility that receives compensation under 
this subtitle; and 
(B) for purposes of an audit under sub-
paragraph (A), request any information that 
the Secretary and the Comptroller General de-
termine to be necessary. 
(b) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the President may provide compensation to privately 
owned utilities under section 453(b) in 1 or more 
payments up to the maximum amount specified in 
453(b)(2)(A). 
(2) SCHEDULE.—Payments under paragraph 
(1) shall only be made during the period beginning 
on the date that is not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending March on 
31, 2008. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 15 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General, shall promulgate regula-
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tions to carry out this subtitle, including regulations with 
respect to— 
(1) the forms to be used by privately owned 
utilities for submitting claims under this subtitle, in-
cluding the information to be included in the forms; 
(2) the procedures for considering claims sub-
mitted under this subtitle; and 
(3) any other matters determined by the Sec-
retary to be appropriate. 
SEC. 465. NATIONAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ZONES. 
(a) PRIORITY AREAS.—If there is an incident or event 
that, as determined by the Secretary of Energy (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), compromises the 
reliable and affordable supply of electricity to retail, indus-
trial, and business customers, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to protecting and, as appropriate, restoring the en-
ergy infrastructure system compromised. 
(b) DESIGNATION
OF NATIONAL ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE ZONES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If there is an incident (in-
cluding a natural disaster) that, as determined by 
the Secretary, threatens the reliability of the energy 
infrastructure system, including the production, re-
fining, transmission, and distribution of oil, gas, and 
electricity, the Secretary shall designate the threat-
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ened energy infrastructure system as a National En-
ergy Infrastructure Zone. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the threatening incident, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report with respect to any Na-
tional Energy Infrastructure Zone designated under 
paragraph (1) that describes— 
(A) any actions that are necessary to pro-
tect, improve, revitalize, rebuild, or otherwise 
strengthen the affected energy infrastructure 
systems; 
(B) any actions, methods, rules, regula-
tions, and processes that are necessary to im-
prove, strengthen, and rebuild the affected en-
ergy infrastructure systems in the National En-
ergy Infrastructure Zone; and 
(C) any actions that are necessary to en-
sure that any National Energy Infrastructure 
Zones are improved, strengthened, or rebuilt in 
a manner that ensures— 
(i) to the maximum extent practicable, 
energy infrastructure system reliability; 
(ii) lowest possible costs for energy in-
frastructure system consumers;
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(iii) that national security is improved 
and strengthened; and 
(iv) that the energy infrastructure 
system is able to be expanded in the fu-
ture. 
SEC. 466. PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEPOSITORY INSTITU-
TIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS. 
(a) GOVERNMENT CHECK CASHING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of subchapter II of chapter 33 of title 31, 
United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall indemnify any 
insured depository institution or insured credit union 
for any loss suffered by the institution through cash-
ing a check or other draft on public money in the 
Treasury, due to the fact that the check is fraudu-
lent or the identification of the bearer presenting 
such check or draft to the depository institution or 
credit union is fraudulent, if the depository institu-
tion or credit union— 
(A) has made prudent efforts to identify 
the bearer or presenter; and 
(B) has reason to believe the check or 
draft is presented for payment by an individual 
who resides in, or who prior to an evacuation
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of such individual due to Hurricane Katrina re-
sided or was present in, an area described in 
subsection (b)(2). 
(2) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
LAW.—Sec-
tions 3331 and 3343 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall continue to apply with respect to any check 
and any appropriate payee of such check, notwith-
standing the fact that the Secretary of the Treasury 
has already made a payment with respect to such 
check to an insured depository institution or an in-
sured credit union under paragraph (1). 
(b) LOAN
PAYMENT
DEFERRALS
AND
‘‘FRESH 
START’’ PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No provision of Federal or 
State law, and no regulation, order, guideline, or 
other provision prescribed under any authority con-
ferred by any provision of Federal or State law, shall 
be construed as prohibiting any lender with respect 
to any loan described in paragraph (2) from refi-
nancing such loan, including the deferred principal 
and interest, on terms at least as favorable to the 
borrower as the terms of the original loan. 
(2) TYPES OF LOANS.—A loan described in this 
paragraph is any consumer loan, commercial loan, or 
mortgage loan—
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(A) that is made to a borrower who resides 
in or has a place of business within, or is se-
cured by real or personal property located with-
in, an area in which the President, pursuant to 
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, has de-
termined, on or after August 26, 2005, that a 
major disaster exists, or within an area deter-
mined to be eligible for disaster relief under 
other Federal law by reason of damage related 
to Hurricane Katrina; and 
(B) on which any payment of principal or 
interest has been deferred due to the disaster 
caused by Hurricane Katrina. 
(c) WAIVER OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FEES 
FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section 11A 
of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 248a) or any other 
provision of Federal law, the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System shall waive any fee or other 
charge imposed on any insured depository institution or 
insured credit union with respect to any currency and coin 
services or wire transfer services during the effective pe-
riod of this section.
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(d) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply after the end of the 2-year period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V—REBUILDING OF 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Subtitle A—Actions by Federal 
Agencies 
SEC. 501. PELICAN COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
commission to be known as the ‘‘Protecting Essen-
tial Louisiana Infrastructure, Citizens, and Nature 
Commission’’ (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Pelican 
Commission’’). 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the Pelican Commis-
sion is to provide for the design and implementation of 
a program that— 
(1) protects citizens, natural resources, essen-
tial infrastructure, and property from hurricanes, 
flooding, and erosion; 
(2) integrates and comprehensively addresses 
hurricane protection, flood control, coastal restora-
tion, 
storm 
surge 
protection, 
and 
navigation 
projects; and
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(3) functions efficiently, timely, and reliably to 
maximize results, eliminate waste, reduce cost, and 
engender confidence. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Pelican Commission 
shall be composed of 9 members, of whom— 
(A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 
President and shall serve as Chairperson; 
(B) 1 member shall be the Chief of Engi-
neers; 
(C) 1 member shall be the Under Sec-
retary for Oceans and Atmosphere; 
(D) 1 member shall be a member of the 
Mississippi River Commission who is— 
(i) a civil life appointee; and 
(ii) unless none of the 3 civil life ap-
pointees on the Mississippi River Commis-
sion are residents of the State of Lou-
isiana, a resident of the State of Lou-
isiana; 
(E) 1 member shall be the Governor of the 
State of Louisiana; 
(F) 4 members shall be residents of that 
State and appointed by the President, of 
whom—
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(i) 1 member shall have expertise in 
commerce; 
(ii) 1 member shall have expertise in 
the environment; 
(iii) 1 member shall have expertise in 
flood control; and 
(iv) 1 member shall have expertise in 
maritime matters. 
(2) DATE
OF
APPOINTMENTS.—The appoint-
ment of a member of the Pelican Commission shall 
be made not later than December 1, 2005. 
(3) TERM; VACANCIES.— 
(A) TERM.— 
(i) A member who serves on the Peli-
can Commission due to holding the Office 
of Chief of Engineers, Under Secretary of 
Oceans and Atmosphere, Mississippi River 
Commission or Governor of the State of 
Louisiana shall serve on the commission as 
long as he holds office. 
(ii) PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTEES.—A 
member appointed by the President to the 
Pelican Commission shall serve for a term 
of 4 years and may be reappointed.
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(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Peli-
can Commission— 
(i) shall not affect the powers of the 
Pelican Commission; and 
(ii) shall be filled not later than 30 
days after the date on which the vacancy 
occurred in the same manner as the origi-
nal appointment was made. 
(4) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which all members of the Pelican 
Commission have been appointed, the Pelican Com-
mission shall hold the initial meeting of the Pelican 
Commission. 
(5) MEETINGS.—The Pelican Commission— 
(A) shall meet at the call of the Chair-
person not less frequently than every 180 days; 
and 
(B) may conduct business by telephone or 
other electronic means. 
(6) NOTIFICATION
OF
MEETINGS.—Not later 
than 14 days before calling a meeting, the Chair-
person shall— 
(A) notify each member of the Pelican 
Commission of the time, date, and location of 
that meeting; and
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(B) provide each member of the Pelican 
Commission with a written agenda for the 
meeting, including any proposals for discussion 
and consideration, and any appropriate back-
ground materials. 
(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Pelican Commission shall constitute a quorum, 
but a lesser number of members may hold hearings. 
(d) DUTIES.— 
(1) WORK
PLAN.—The Pelican Commission 
shall enter into a contract with the Corps of Engi-
neers to develop, not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and revise annually 
thereafter, a work plan for the design and implemen-
tation of an integrated and comprehensive program 
to simultaneously— 
(A) protect the Louisiana coastal area 
from future flooding and devastation caused by 
hurricanes; 
(B) restore and reconstruct critical wet-
lands; and 
(C) provide for navigational interests. 
(2) PRIORITY
PROJECTS.—The work plan 
shall—
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(A) give priority consideration to projects 
located in an area in which a major disaster 
was declared by the President on August 29, 
2005, in accordance with section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); and 
(B) include, at a minimum, consideration 
of— 
(i) 
certain 
hurricane 
protection 
projects appropriate enhancements, includ-
ing— 
(I) the project for Lake Pont-
chartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana, as 
generally described in the post Au-
thorization Change Notification Re-
port, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 
and Vicinity, Hurricane Protection 
Project, dated August 8, 1984; 
(II) the Barrier Plan, Louisiana, 
project, as generally described in the 
Report of the Chief of Engineers for 
Lake 
Pontchartrain 
and 
Vicinity, 
Louisiana, dated March 4, 1964, as 
published in House Document 231, 
89th Congress, First Session;
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(III) the project for Morganza to 
the Gulf, Louisiana, as generally de-
scribed in the Report of the Chief of 
Engineers on Morganza, Louisiana, to 
the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River 
and Tributaries, dated August 23, 
2002, and in the Report of the Chief 
of Engineers on Morganza, Louisiana, 
to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi 
River and Tributaries–Supplemental 
Report, dated July 22, 2003; 
(IV) the project for West Bank 
and Vicinity, Louisiana, authorized by 
section 401(b) of Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 
4111), 
sections 
101(a)(17) 
and 
101(b)(11) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 
3665), and section 328 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 304); 
(V) the project for New Orleans 
to Venice, Louisiana, authorized by 
section 203 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1962 (76 Stat. 1180), and ex-
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panded to include the LeReussittee to 
St. Jude, Louisiana, levees; 
(VI) the project for Larose to 
Golden Meadow, Louisiana, author-
ized by section 204 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077), as 
modified by section 325 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 304); 
(VII) the project for Grand Isle, 
Louisiana, authorized by section 204 
of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 
Stat. 1077) and section 301(b)(6) of 
the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (110 Stat. 3710); and 
(VIII) the project for Lake Pont-
chartrain North Shore Protection, au-
thorized by section 601 of Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 
(100 Stat. 4137); 
(ii) the Louisiana Coastal Area eco-
system restoration and storm surge protec-
tion project, as generally described in the 
draft Louisiana Coastwide Ecosystem Res-
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toration Report, dated October 2003, in-
cluding any appropriate enhancements; 
(iii) certain flood control projects, in-
cluding any appropriate enhancements, in-
cluding— 
(I) the project for Southeast 
Louisiana, Louisiana, authorized by 
section 108 of the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act of 
1996, and section 533 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 
(110 Stat. 3775) as amended; 
(II) the project for St. Bernard 
Parish, Louisiana, as generally de-
scribed in the New Orleans District 
Report for St. Bernard Parish Flood 
Control, Louisiana, dated October 
2000, including construction of flood-
gate protection and additional levees 
for storm surge protection at Mis-
sissippi River-Gulf Outlet; 
(III) the project for St. Charles 
Parish, Louisiana, as generally de-
scribed in the New Orleans District 
Report for St. Charles Parish Flood