Sec. 1009. Effective date; application of amendments. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 1101. Reimbursements. 
Sec. 1102. Temporary flood insurance buy-in program. 
Sec. 1103. Protection of existing rights of military personnel. 
TITLE XII—ERADICATING POVERTY 
Sec. 1201. Findings. 
Sec. 1202. Sense of Congress. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) Hurricane Katrina devastated the lives of 
untold numbers of people who resided, worked and 
did business in the Gulf Coast area of the United 
States and exposed in graphic terms the extent of 
poverty in the United States and how poverty can 
make it impossible for people to respond in ways 
necessary to protect their own interests, even in the 
face of the most immediate and imminent danger; 
and 
(2) the President, the Congress and the people 
of the United States want to make an unprecedented 
response to rebuild the lives, homes, communities 
and businesses of those devastated by Hurricane 
Katrina and to make a renewed and sustained effort 
to eradicate poverty in the United States and believe 
that the following provisions will contribute thereto.
TITLE I—VICTIM RESTORATION 
FUND 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricane Katrina 
Victim Restoration Fund of 2005’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 
an individual filing a claim for compensation under 
section 105(a)(1). 
(2) COLLATERAL SOURCE.—The term ‘‘collat-
eral source’’ means all collateral sources, including 
life insurance, pension funds, death benefit pro-
grams, and payments of Federal, State, or local gov-
ernments related to Hurricane Katrina if such pay-
ments by Federal, State, or local governments are 
paid directly to the claimant. 
(3) ECONOMIC
LOSS.—The term ‘‘economic 
loss’’ means any pecuniary loss resulting from harm 
(including the loss of equity in assets, the loss of 
earnings or other benefits related to employment, 
medical expense loss, replacement services loss, loss 
due to death, burial costs, and loss of business or 
employment opportunities).
(4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
individual’’ means an individual determined to be eli-
gible for compensation under section 105(c). 
(5) NONECONOMIC LOSSES.—The term ‘‘non-
economic losses’’ means losses for physical and emo-
tional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical im-
pairment, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of en-
joyment of life, loss of society and companionship, 
loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic serv-
ice), hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all 
other nonpecuniary losses of any kind or nature 
available under the laws of Alabama, Louisiana, or 
Mississippi to which the Special Master determines 
the claimant has the most substantial connection. 
(6) SPECIAL MASTER.—The term ‘‘Special Mas-
ter’’ means the Special Master appointed under sec-
tion 104(a). 
SEC. 103. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this title to provide compensation 
to any individual (or relatives of a deceased individual) 
who sustained economic or noneconomic losses as a result 
of Hurricane Katrina such that the individual (or relatives 
of a deceased individual) are restored as nearly as possible 
to their condition prior to Hurricane Katrina.
SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, acting 
through a Special Master appointed by the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall— 
(1) administer the compensation program es-
tablished under this title; 
(2) promulgate all procedural and substantive 
rules for the administration of this title; and 
(3) employ and supervise hearing officers and 
other administrative personnel to perform the duties 
of the Special Master under this title. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to pay the administrative and support costs for 
the Special Master in carrying out this title. 
SEC. 105. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COM-
PENSATION. 
(a) FILING OF CLAIM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A claimant may file a claim 
for compensation under this title with the Special 
Master. The claim shall be on the form developed 
under paragraph (2) and shall state the factual basis 
for eligibility for compensation and the amount of 
compensation sought. 
(2) CLAIM FORM.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Special Master 
shall develop a claim form that claimants shall 
use when submitting claims under paragraph 
(1). The Special Master shall ensure that such 
form can be filed electronically, if determined to 
be practicable. 
(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
form 
developed 
under subparagraph (A) shall request— 
(i) information from the claimant con-
cerning the physical harm that the claim-
ant suffered, or in the case of a claim filed 
on behalf of a decedent information con-
firming the decedent’s death, as a result of 
Hurricane Katrina; 
(ii) information from the claimant 
concerning any possible economic and non-
economic losses that the claimant suffered 
as a result of Hurricane Katrina; and 
(iii) information regarding collateral 
sources of compensation the claimant has 
received or is entitled to receive as a result 
of Hurricane Katrina. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No claim may be filed under 
paragraph (1) after the date that is 2 years after