109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3673
AN ACT 
Making further emergency supplemental appropriations to 
meet immediate needs arising from the consequences of 
Hurricane 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: 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $1,400,000,000 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 not to exceed 
$6,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home’’ for emergency hurricane expenses: Provided 
further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided 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 trans-
fers from this appropriation, notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations in writing of any such transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts provided herein are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance’’ for emergency expenses for repair of storm dam-
age to authorized projects in the Gulf states affected by 
Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works, shall provide, at a minimum, a weekly report 
to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the alloca-
tion and obligation of these funds, beginning not later 
than September 15, 2005: 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). 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701), 
for emergency expenses for repair of damage to flood con-
trol and hurricane shore protection projects in the Gulf 
states caused by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Chief 
of Engineers, acting through the Assistant Secretary of 
the Army for Civil Works, shall provide, at a minimum, 
a weekly report to the Committees on Appropriations de-
tailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, begin-
ning not later than September 15, 2005: Provided further, 
That the amount provided herein is designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 
$50,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to and
merged with ‘‘Emergency Preparedness and Response, 
Public Health Programs’’ for the National Disaster Med-
ical System to support medical care as authorized by the 
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness 
and Response Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11): Pro-
vided further, That $15,000,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with ‘‘Departmental Management and Oper-
ations, Office of Inspector General’’ for necessary ex-
penses of the Office of Inspector General for audits and 
investigations as authorized by law for Hurricane Katrina 
response and recovery activities: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide, at a 
minimum, a weekly report to the Committees on Appro-
priations detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds, beginning not later than September 15, 2005: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided herein are des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
GENERAL PROVISION 
SEC. 101. For procurements of property or services 
determined by the head of an executive agency to be used 
in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief oper-
ations—
(1) the emergency procurement authority in 
subsection 32A(c) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428a(c)) may be used; 
and 
(2) the amount specified in subsections (c), (d), 
and (f) of section 32 of the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428) shall be 
$250,000. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate 
Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3673
AN ACT 
Making further emergency supplemental appropria-
tions to meet immediate needs arising from the 
consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
purposes.