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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3645 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs aris-
ing from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 
Mr. LEWIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 
The Committees on Appropriations and the Budget discharged; considered and 
passed 
A BILL 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet im-
mediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurri-
cane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amount provided herein is designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 for emergency 
hurricane expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emer-
gency repairs, deployment of personnel, and other costs 
resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for 
military personnel, operation and maintenance, procure-
ment, family housing, Defense Health Program, and work-
ing capital funds: Provided further, That funds transferred 
shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as the appropriation 
or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this
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transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not more 
than 5 days after making transfers from this appropria-
tion, notify the congressional defense committees in writ-
ing of any such transfer: Provided further, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Aris-
ing From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’. 
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