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Union Calendar No. 141 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1144 
[Report No. 110–228] 
To waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster assistance 
provided in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2007 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. 
JEFFERSON, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BARROW, 
Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. CARSON, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACK-
SON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs. MCCARTHY
of New York, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT 
of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT, Ms. WATSON, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JULY 11, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. COHEN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. JINDAL, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 
Minnesota, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WEXLER, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California 
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JULY 11, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To waive the non-Federal share of the cost of certain disaster 
assistance provided in connection with Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricanes Katrina 
and Rita Federal Match Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL SHARE OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
any agreement, the Federal share of the cost of disaster 
assistance provided before the date of enactment of this 
Act in connection with Hurricane Katrina or Rita under 
title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), in-
cluding direct Federal assistance, shall be 100 percent 
with respect to assistance provided for the States of Lou-
isiana and Mississippi. 
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SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Community 
Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 417(c)(1) of the Stafford Act, such loans 
may not be canceled:’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall be effective on the date of enactment of 
the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–88). 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricanes Katrina, 
Rita, and Wilma Federal Match Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL SHARE OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including any agreement, the Federal share of 
assistance, including direct Federal assistance, provided for 
the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida in 
connection with Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 
under sections 403, 406, 407, and 408 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, 5173, and 5174) shall be 100 percent 
of the eligible costs under such sections. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Federal share provided by subsection (a) shall apply 
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