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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5547 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Gulf Coast 
Long-Term Recovery Office to administer amounts available to the De-
partment for providing assistance to the residents of the Gulf Coast 
region for recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2006 
Mr. JINDAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 
on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office to administer 
amounts available to the Department for providing as-
sistance to the residents of the Gulf Coast region for 
recovering from 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, 
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SECTION 1. GULF COAST LONG-TERM RECOVERY OFFICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland 
Security a Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office to ad-
minister amounts available to the Department for pro-
viding assistance to the residents of the Gulf Coast region 
for recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Home-
land Security. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Gulf 
Coast Long-Term Recovery Office shall work with State, 
local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and non-
governmental organizations, including faith-based and 
other community humanitarian relief entities, to provide 
assistance to residents of the Gulf Coast region for recov-
ering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) To assess the social and economic con-
sequences in the areas affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita and coordinate Federal efforts to 
address long-term community recovery issues. 
(2) To advise the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity on the long-term community recovery implica-
tions of response activities. 
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(3) To conduct comprehensive market disrup-
tion and loss analysis and develop a forward looking 
market-based comprehensive long-term recovery plan 
for the affected areas. 
(4) To identify appropriate Federal programs 
and agencies to support the implementation of the 
long-term community recovery plan, to ensure co-
ordination across appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies, and to identify any gaps in the avail-
able resources. 
(5) To avoid duplication of assistance, to co-
ordinate, to the extent possible, program application 
processes and planning requirements in order to 
streamline assistance, and to identify and coordinate 
the resolution of policy and program issues. 
(6) To determine responsibilities for recovery 
activities, to provide a method of maintaining con-
tinuity in the delivery of assistance under programs 
administered by various Federal departments and 
agencies, and to oversee coordination with State, 
local, and tribal governments and other involved par-
ties, to ensure follow-through of recovery and hazard 
mitigation efforts. 
(7) To encourage implementation of mitigation 
measures during recovery. 
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(8) To carry out such other activities as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The Gulf Coast Long-Term Re-
covery Office established under subsection (a) shall termi-
nate at the discretion of the Secretary. 
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