I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3958 
To provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recovery for Louisiana 
residents and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2005 
Mr. MELANCON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appro-
priations, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Budget, 
Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Armed Serv-
ices, Education and the Workforce, Resources, and Small Business, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide disaster relief and incentives for economic recov-
ery for Louisiana residents and businesses affected by 
Hurricane Katrina. 
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 ‘‘Louisiana Katrina Re-
construction Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Treatment of amounts appropriated under this Act. 
TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense—Military 
Subtitle B—Military Construction 
Subtitle C—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Subtitle D—Department of Commerce 
Subtitle E—Department of Homeland Security 
Subtitle F—Department of Health and Human Services 
Subtitle G—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Subtitle H—Department of Transportation 
Subtitle I—Department of Energy 
Subtitle J—Department of Education 
Subtitle K—Coast Guard 
Subtitle L—Department of the Interior 
Subtitle M—Department of Agriculture 
Subtitle N—Department of Justice 
TITLE II—IMPROVEMENTS TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 200. Sense of the Senate regarding the appointment of Federal Central 
Coordinating Agent. 
Subtitle A—Immediate Disaster Relief 
Sec. 201. Waiver of cost-sharing and maximum assistance requirements. 
Sec. 202. Hazard mitigation grant program. 
Sec. 203. State management costs. 
Sec. 204. Disaster relief equity. 
Sec. 205. Presidentially declared disaster area may include the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf. 
Sec. 206. Expedited payments of Federal assistance for debris removal and 
emergency protective measures. 
Sec. 207. Requirement to ensure debris clearance, removal, and disposal from 
emergency access roads. 
Sec. 208. Inclusion of debris removal from private land as eligible claim for 
Federal assistance. 
Sec. 209. Stafford Act waiver. 
Subtitle B—Providing Information and Assistance to Hurricane Katrina 
Evacuees
Sec. 211. Use of disaster relief and emergency assistance funds by individuals 
and households. 
Subtitle C—Emergency Preparedness and Response 
Sec. 221. Creation of regional and field office facilities for the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
Sec. 222. Appropriation for interoperable communications. 
Sec. 223. Responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness 
and Response. 
Sec. 224. Government Accountability Office report on Federal funds for Hurri-
cane Katrina recovery. 
TITLE III—INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS RELIEF AND RECOVERY 
Subtitle A—Housing Relief 
Sec. 301. Housing vouchers. 
Sec. 302. Home program. 
Sec. 303. First time home buyer expansion. 
Sec. 304. Home Business and Mortgage Protection Fund. 
Sec. 305. Community Development Block Grant Program. 
Sec. 306. Rural Housing and Economic Development Program. 
Sec. 307. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—TANF Relief 
Sec. 311. Reimbursement of States for TANF benefits provided to assist fami-
lies from other States affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 312. Increase in amount of additional TANF funds available for hurri-
cane-damaged States. 
Sec. 313. Work requirements and time limits under TANF program not trig-
gered by receipt of temporary tanf benefits by families affected 
by Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 314. Emergency designation. 
Subtitle C—Medicaid, Medicare, and Other Health Disaster Relief 
Sec. 321. Definitions. 
Sec. 322. Disaster relief medicaid. 
Sec. 323. Targeted medicaid relief for direct impact parishes. 
Sec. 324. Authority to waive requirements during national emergencies with re-
spect to evacuees from an emergency area. 
Sec. 325. Emergency assistance for States with respect to the Federal medical 
assistance percentage for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 326. Emergency assistance to medicare beneficiaries. 
Sec. 327. 100 percent Federal matching payments under medicaid for uncom-
pensated care provided to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 328. Disaster relief fund for payments for private health insurance cov-
erage. 
Sec. 329. Eligibility of Katrina survivors for refundable credit for health insur-
ance costs and assistance with health insurance coverage under 
national emergency grants. 
Sec. 330A. National Health Service Corps. 
Sec. 300A. Community health center grants. 
Sec. 330B. Telemedicine. 
Sec. 330C. Penalties for fraudulent use of licensure.
Sec. 330D. Waiver of certain medicare quality reporting requirements for hos-
pitals. 
Sec. 330E. Moratorium on redeterminations. 
Sec. 330F. Accommodation of special needs of Katrina Survivors under medi-
care program. 
Sec. 330G. Medicare providers and suppliers. 
Subtitle D—Bankruptcy Relief 
Sec. 331. Definitions; who may be a debtor. 
Sec. 332. Amendments to chapter 5. 
Sec. 333. Amendments to chapter 7. 
Sec. 334. Amendments to chapter 11. 
Sec. 335. Amendments to chapter 13. 
Sec. 336. Effective date; application of amendments. 
Subtitle E—Unemployment Compensation 
Sec. 341. Federal-State agreements. 
Sec. 342. Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Account. 
Sec. 343. Payments to States having agreements for the payment of temporary 
extended unemployment compensation. 
Sec. 344. Financing provisions. 
Sec. 345. Fraud and overpayments. 
Sec. 346. Definitions. 
Sec. 347. Applicability. 
Subtitle F—Special Reed Act Transfer 
Sec. 351. Special Reed Act transfer. 
Subtitle G—Assistance for Military Personnel and Defense Civilian Employees 
Sec. 361. Assistance for members of the uniformed services from Louisiana. 
Sec. 362. Assistance for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
TITLE IV—PUBLIC RELIEF, SMALL BUSINESS, AND 
AGRICULTURE RECOVERY 
Subtitle A—Education Assistance 
Sec. 401. Federal work study. 
Sec. 402. Eligibility of hospitals for assistance. 
Sec. 403. Assistance for students affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
Subtitle B—Small Business Recovery 
Sec. 411. Disaster loans. 
Sec. 412. Development company debentures. 
Sec. 413. Small business emergency relief. 
Sec. 414. Entrepreneurial development. 
Sec. 415. Small business development centers. 
Sec. 416. Hubzones. 
Sec. 417. Outreach programs. 
Sec. 418. Small business bonding threshold. 
Sec. 419. Supplemental emergency loans. 
Sec. 420. Small business participation. 
Sec. 421. Energy emergency relief.
Sec. 422. Budgetary treatment of loans and financings. 
Sec. 423. Emergency spending. 
Subtitle C—Agriculture 
Sec. 431. Short title. 
Sec. 432. Application to Louisiana parishes designated as disaster areas due to 
Hurricane Katrina or related conditions. 
Sec. 433. Crop disaster assistance. 
Sec. 434. Sugarcane disaster assistance. 
Sec. 435. Compensation for infrastructure losses. 
Sec. 436. Assistance to dairy and livestock producers. 
Sec. 437. Emergency citrus disaster, nursery crop and christmas tree disaster, 
and strawberry, horticultural crops, fall fruits and vegetables 
disaster programs. 
Sec. 438. Conservation programs. 
Sec. 439. Tree assistance program. 
Sec. 440. Additional funds for Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service. 
Sec. 441. Delta Regional Authority expansion. 
Sec. 442. Water and waste disposal loan and grant programs. 
Sec. 443. Community facilities loan and grant programs. 
Sec. 444. Rural community advancement funds. 
Sec. 445. Regulations. 
Subtitle D—Privately Owned Utility Restoration 
Sec. 461. Short title. 
Sec. 462. Definitions. 
Sec. 463. Privately owned utility disaster relief. 
Sec. 464. Requirements for compensation; regulations. 
Sec. 465. National Energy Infrastructure Zones. 
Sec. 466. Provisions relating to depository institutions and credit unions. 
TITLE V—REBUILDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE 
Subtitle A—Actions by Federal Agencies 
Sec. 501. Pelican Commission. 
Sec. 502. Presidential emergency permitting process. 
Sec. 503. Federal contracting requirement for reconstruction. 
Sec. 504. Continuation of worker payments and other allowable costs under 
Federal contracts. 
Sec. 505. Restoration of telecommunications infrastructure. 
Subtitle B—Economic Development 
Sec. 521. Recovery assistance for Federal and State agencies, businesses, insti-
tutions of higher education, and public-private partnerships. 
Sec. 522. Manufacturing extension partnership program. 
Sec. 523. Public telecommunications facilities. 
Sec. 524. Grants for technology and economic development in areas affected by 
Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 525. Relief for crawfish industry. 
Sec. 526. NOAA weather radio. 
Sec. 527. Effects of Hurricane Katrina on fish and wildlife. 
Sec. 528. Minority Business Development Agency.
Sec. 529. Southeast Louisiana Entrepreneurship Development Network. 
Sec. 530. Export assistance program. 
Subtitle C—Transportation 
Sec. 541. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. 
Sec. 542. Federal Aviation Administration. 
Sec. 543. Federal Highway Administration. 
Sec. 544. Federal Railroad Administration. 
Sec. 545. Federal Transit Administration. 
Sec. 546. Maritime Administration. 
Sec. 547. Capital Construction Fund. 
Subtitle D—AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps 
Sec. 551. Short title. 
Sec. 552. Definitions. 
Sec. 553. Authority. 
Sec. 554. Establishment of Special AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps. 
Sec. 555. Grants to States, cities, organizations; cooperation with Federal agen-
cies. 
Sec. 556. Transfer of funds to the National Service Trust. 
Sec. 557. Authority for third-term benefits and educational award. 
Sec. 558. Administrative expenses. 
Sec. 559. Acceptance of donated services. 
Sec. 560. Grants not subject to annual appropriations limitations. 
Sec. 561. Authority to support programs operated by Federal agencies. 
Sec. 562. Appropriation. 
TITLE VI—HURRICANE PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
RESTORATION 
Subtitle A—Hurricane Protection 
CHAPTER 1—DOMESTIC OFFSHORE ENERGY REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2005 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Outer Continental Shelf. 
CHAPTER 2—OFFSHORE FAIRNESS ACT OF 2005 
Sec. 611. Short title. 
Sec. 612. Purposes. 
Sec. 613. Seaward boundary extension. 
Subtitle B—Environmental Protection and Wetlands Restoration 
CHAPTER 1—LOUISIANA RESTORATION STAMP 
Sec. 621. Short title. 
Sec. 622. Restoration program. 
CHAPTER 2—LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 
Sec. 631. Redesignation and extension of program authorization. 
CHAPTER 3—FUNDING 
Sec. 641. Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 642. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. 
CHAPTER 4—ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS 
Sec. 651. Notice to Congress of Presidential waivers. 
Sec. 652. Authority to facilitate reconstruction. 
CHAPTER 5—HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
Sec. 661. Historic Preservation Fund. 
CHAPTER 6—MITIGATION MEASURES 
Sec. 671. Mitigation measures. 
TITLE VII—JOBS RETURN AND REPOPULATION INCENTIVES 
Sec. 700. Amendment of 1986 Code. 
Subtitle A—Emergency Tax Relief Measures 
Sec. 700A. Hurricane Katrina Disaster Area. 
CHAPTER 1—PENALTY FREE USE OF RETIREMENT FUNDS BY NATURAL 
DISASTER VICTIMS 
Sec. 701. Penalty Free Withdrawals From Retirement Plans for Victims of 
Federally Declared Natural Disasters. 
Sec. 702. Income averaging for disaster-relief distributions related to Hurricane 
Katrina. 
Sec. 703. Recontributions of withdrawals for home purchases cancelled due to 
Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 704. Loans from qualified plans to victims of Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 705. Provisions relating to plan amendments. 
CHAPTER 2—EMPLOYMENT RELIEF 
Sec. 706. Work Opportunity Tax Credit for Hurricane Katrina Employees. 
Sec. 707. Employee retention credit for employers affected by Hurricane 
Katrina. 
CHAPTER 3—CHARITABLE GIVING INCENTIVES 
Sec. 711. Temporary Suspension of Limitations on Charitable Contributions. 
Sec. 712. Charitable deduction for contributions of food inventories. 
Sec. 713. Charitable deduction for contributions of book inventories. 
Sec. 714. Additional exemption for housing Hurricane Katrina displaced indi-
viduals. 
Sec. 715. Increase in standard mileage rate for charitable use of passenger 
automobile. 
Sec. 716. Mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers excluded from gross 
income. 
CHAPTER 4—ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS 
Sec. 721. Exclusions of Certain Cancellations of Indebtedness for Victims of 
Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 722. Suspension of certain limitations on personal casualty losses.
Sec. 723. Required exercise of authority under section 7508a for tax relief for 
victims of Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 724. Special mortgage financing rules for residences located in Hurricane 
Katrina Disaster Area. 
Sec. 725. Extension of replacement period for nonrecognition of gain for prop-
erty located in Hurricane Katrina Disaster Area. 
Sec. 726. Special rule for determining earned income. 
Sec. 727. Secretarial authority to make adjustments regarding taxpayer and de-
pendency status. 
CHAPTER 5—EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT 
Sec. 731. Emergency Requirement. 
Subtitle II—Additional Tax Incentives 
Sec. 741. Tax benefits for the major disaster area damaged in Hurricane 
Katrina. 
Sec. 742. Premiums for mortgage insurance. 
Sec. 743. Suspension of air transportation excise taxes. 
Sec. 744. Relocation tax credit for victims of Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 745. 50-percent income tax holiday. 
Sec. 746. Hurricane Katrina disaster zone restoration tax credit. 
Sec. 747. 5-year carryback of net operating losses and temporary suspension of 
90 percent AMT limit for businesses in Hurricane Katrina dis-
aster zone. 
Sec. 748. Allowance of income tax credit to small businesses whose operations 
were significantly interrupted by Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 749. Home purchase by victims of Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 750. Expedited refund claims. 
Sec. 751. Application of new market tax credit to investments in community de-
velopment entities serving areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
Sec. 752. Modifications to low-income housing credit. 
Sec. 753. Estate tax relief for Hurricane Katrina vicitms. 
Sec. 754. Issuance of Gulf Opportunity Bonds. 
TITLE VIII—LAW ENFORCEMENT IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 801. Definition of units of local government. 
Sec. 802. Special Inspector General for Relief and Reconstruction. 
Sec. 803. General Accountability Office report. 
Sec. 804. Creating Federal crime of interfering with Federal disaster relief ef-
forts. 
Sec. 805. Penalties for fraud. 
Sec. 806. Protecting of volunteers. 
Sec. 807. Leave transfer program in disasters and emergencies. 
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED UNDER 
THIS ACT. 
(a) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Each amount pro-
vided in this Act is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress). 
(b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, OTHER FUNDS 
OR ASSISTANCE.—All amounts appropriated under this 
Act shall supplement, and not supplant, amounts appro-
priated or made available for relief or assistance relating 
to Hurricane Katrina with respect to the State of Lou-
isiana under any other provision of law. 
(c) NO REDUCTION FOR COST REIMBURSEMENT.— 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds appropriated under this Act may be reduced as a 
result of cost reimbursement authorized under any section 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(d) NO REQUIRMENT FOR STATE MATCH OR CON-
TRIBUTION.—With respect to any funds appropriated 
under this Act to a program that would otherwise require 
a State matching payment or contribution (in cash or in 
kind), the requirement of such payment or contribution 
shall be waived. 
TITLE I—EMERGENCY SUPPLE-
MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely:
Subtitle A—Department of 
Defense—Military 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel’’, 
$82,500,000 to fund the increase in the family separation 
allowance payable under section 427 of title 37, United 
States Code: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may 
allocate amounts available to the accounts of the appro-
priate branches of the Armed Forces, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army’’, $15,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy’’, $400,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2006: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, $70,000,000 shall be available 
for SPAWAR Systems Center New Orleans, not to exceed
$50,000,000 of which shall be available to repair and rees-
tablish the capabilities, facilities, missions, functions, and 
equipment of the center, including support, maintenance, 
operation, and management support activities and enter-
prise information technology integration of existing legacy 
and developing Navy Department of Defense manpower, 
personnel, and training functions, and $20,000,000 of 
which shall be available for the evacuation, safe haven, and 
temporary relocation of Federal contractor personnel and 
related equipment and telecommuting expenses: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary 
of Defense shall co-locate the Naval Standard Integrated 
Personnel System and Defense Integrated Management 
Human Resources System program managers with the 
Defense Integrated Management Human Resources Sys-
tem program office and development staff at the 
SPAWAR Systems Center New Orleans, and shall estab-
lish the center as a central design activity for the develop-
ment, production, and maintenance of all manpower, per-
sonnel, training, and education programs of the Navy: 
Provided further, That the amount provided herein is des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $10,000,000 for emergency Hur-
ricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $50,000,000 for emergency Hur-
ricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army Reserve’’, $2,500,000 for emergency Hur-
ricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy Reserve’’, $75,000,000 for emergency Hur-
ricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $10,000,000 for emergency 
Hurricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount 
provided herein is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress). 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $100,000,000 for emer-
gency Hurricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress).
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air National Guard’’, $100,000,000 for emer-
gency Hurricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
PROCUREMENT 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $50,000,000 for emergency Hurricane Katrina ex-
penses of Army units stationed in Louisiana and Lou-
isiana Army National Guard units, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, $5,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That all of such funds 
shall be made available for Navy shipbuilding activities in 
Louisiana: Provided further, That the amount provided
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $117,400,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses of Air Force units stationed in Lou-
isiana and Louisiana Air National Guard units, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $17,400,000 shall be 
available for the Louisiana Air National Guard for the 
procurement of Mobile Air Approach Control Systems for 
Air National Guard units: 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). 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De-
fense-Wide’’, $250,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard and 
Reserve Equipment’’, $125,000,000 for emergency Hurri-
cane Katrina expenses of the Louisiana National Guard 
and Reserve, to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That the amount provided herein is des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working 
Capital Funds’’, $4,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $5,000,000 for emergency Hurricane Katrina ex-
penses in Louisiana, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the amount provided herein is designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—The 
amounts appropriated by this subtitle under the heading 
‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE’’ shall be avail-
able for the construction of temporary or permanent pub-
lic works, installations, and military, unaccompanied, or 
other family housing (and related facilities), including land 
acquisition related thereto, needed for response to or re-
covery from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, including 
the housing of servicemembers, their families, and other 
individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. 
SEC. 102. APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
PROVI-
SIONS.—Members of the National Guard who have been 
activated in support of Hurricane Katrina relief and re-
construction efforts shall, for the duration of their service 
in support of such efforts, be treated as individuals eligible 
for benefits under the following provisions of this Act: 
(1) Subtitle B of title IV, related to education 
assistance. 
(2) Subtitle C of title IV, related to small busi-
ness recovery. 
(3) Title VIII, related to tax relief. 
SEC. 103 CREDIT TOWARD NATIONAL GUARD AND 
RESERVE MOBILIZATION REQUIREMENT.—Members of 
the National Guard and Reserves who are activated in 
support of Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction ef-
forts shall receive credit for the duration of their service 
in support of such efforts for the purposes of the mobiliza-
tion requirement under the 6-year deployment cycle policy
of the Army National Guard, the Air National Guard, and 
the Army Reserve. 
SEC. 104. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FAMILY SEPA-
RATION ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 
SERVICES.— 
(a) TEMPORARY INCREASE.— 
(1) INCREASE.—Section 427(a) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$350’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on August 29, 
2005, and shall apply with respect to months begin-
ning on or after August 1, 2005. 
(3) TERMINATION.—Effective September 30, 
2007, section 427(a) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$350’’ and inserting 
‘‘$250’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Effective as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the following provisions 
of law are repealed: 
(1) Subsection (e) of section 427 of title 37, 
United States Code. 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 623(b) of the Ron-
ald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 
Stat. 1955). 
SEC. 105. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives reports detailing 
the allocation and obligation of all funds provided under 
this subtitle. 
Subtitle B—Military Construction 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $20,000,000 for emergency Hurricane Katrina ex-
penses in Louisiana, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That the amount provided herein is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $5,000,000 for emergency Hur-
ricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress).
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $3,000,000 for emergency Hurricane Katrina 
expenses in Louisiana, including the repair and recon-
struction of damaged Air Force Reserve facilities, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
the amount provided herein is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-wide’’, $160,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That the funding shall be 
made available to the City of New Orleans to implement 
the 2005 recommendations of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission related to the Federal city 
development in Algiers, Louisiana: Provided further, That 
the amount provided herein is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army National Guard’’, $125,000,000 for emergency 
Hurricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the amount 
provided herein is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress). 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVAL RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Naval Reserve’’, $250,000,000 for emergency Hurricane 
Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air National Guard’’, $125,000,000 for emergency Hurri-
cane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided herein is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $20,000,000 to repair 
damage to Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, and Ma-
rine Corps Reserve housing and related facilities in Lou-
isiana sustained as a result of Hurricane Katrina, to re-
main available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
the amount provided herein is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Air Force’’, $20,000,000 to repair damage to 
Air Force, Air National Guard, and Air Reserve housing 
and related facilities in Louisiana sustained as a result 
of Hurricane Katrina, to remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That the amount provided herein is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Defense-wide’’, $20,000,000 for emergency 
Hurricane Katrina expenses in Louisiana, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY (EAST 
BANK), NEW ORLEANS. 
SEC. 101. (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy shall convey to the City of New Orle-
ans, Louisiana, or the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘City’’ and ‘‘Port Author-
ity’’, respectively), all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of real property, including 
any improvements and facilities thereon, consisting of all 
acreage at the Naval Support Activity (east bank of the 
Mississippi River), New Orleans, Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of facilitating the development and expansion of the 
City or Port Authority. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF REAL PROPERTY.—The exact 
acreage and legal description of the real property to be 
conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a 
survey satisfactory to the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
be responsible for the cost of the survey. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 
(a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
interests of the United States.
SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 90 days there-
after, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives reports detailing 
the allocation and obligation of all military construction 
and family housing funds provided under this subtitle. 
Subtitle C—Department of 
Veterans Affairs 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
$1,000,000,000 for increased medical services due to Hur-
ricane Katrina, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer 
the funds herein to subaccounts in the Veterans Health 
Administration and Departmental Administration ac-
counts for costs incurred for evacuation, emergency re-
pairs, reconstructional repair efforts, medical services, ad-
ministrative services, and general operating costs: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 
of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit a report no later than 30 days after the end 
of each fiscal quarter to the Congressional Veterans Com-
mittees summarizing the details of the transfer of funds. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for major construction 
projects, $500,000,000 for the reconstruction/repair of the 
New Orleans Regional VA Hospital.** 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 106. Health Care and Services for Veterans Af-
fected by Hurricane Katrina. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘close proximity’’, means not 
more than 30 miles from the residence of the vet-
eran. 
(2) The term ‘‘priority 8 veteran affected by 
Hurricane Katrina’’ means any veteran affected by 
Hurricane Katrina who, as of August 29, 2005, 
would have been treated as a veteran covered by 
paragraph (8) of section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, for purposes of enrollment in the sys-
tem of annual patient enrollment of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs under such section. 
(3) The term ‘‘specialized medical care’’ means 
any medical care for a veteran that is not offered at
a Department of Veterans Affairs facility in close 
proximity. 
(4) The term ‘‘veteran affected by Hurricane 
Katrina’’ means any veteran who, as of August 29, 
2005, resided in the catchment region of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs medical center in New Or-
leans, Louisiana. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND MED-
ICAL SERVICES FOR PRIORITY 8 VETERANS AFFECTED BY 
HURRICANE KATRINA.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall furnish hospital care and medical serv-
ices which the Secretary determines to be needed to 
each priority 8 veteran affected by Hurricane 
Katrina as if such veteran were a veteran described 
by section 1710(a)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) ENHANCED ENROLLMENT PRIORITY.—For 
purposes of furnishing hospital care and medical 
services under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
deem each priority 8 veteran affected by Hurricane 
Katrina, upon the date of presentation of such vet-
eran to the Department of Veterans Affairs for such 
care and services, to have enrolled in the system of 
annual patient enrollment of the Department under
section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, on 
the first day of the current year of such system in 
which such date falls. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF COPAYMENTS 
FOR VETERANS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA.— 
In furnishing hospital care and medical services to any 
veteran affected by Hurricane Katrina, the Secretary shall 
not collect from or with respect to such veteran any pay-
ment for such care and services otherwise required under 
any provision of law, including any copayment for medica-
tions otherwise required under section 1722A of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(d) SPECIALIZED MEDICAL CARE.—Notwithstanding 
any other law, any veteran affected by Hurricane Katrina 
may receive specialized medical care from a Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical facility that is not in close 
proximity to the residence of the veteran. 
(e) SUNSET PROVISIONS.— 
(1) ENHANCED ENROLLMENT AND COPAYMENT 
WAIVER.—Subsections (b) and (c) shall be effective 
during the 6-month period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) SPECIALIZED MEDICAL CARE.—Subsection 
(d) shall be effective during the 1-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act.
Subtitle D—Department of 
Commerce 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for 
direct grants to Louisiana harvesters and vessel owners 
to provide replacement of the dockside values for all fish-
ery resources in fisheries impacted by Hurricane Katrina: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall make 
such amount available to the Louisiana Department of 
Wildlife and Fisheries not more than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and may not expend more 
than 2 percent of such amount for administration, tech-
nical assistance, and operation related to such grant. 
MENHADEN FISHERIES RECOVERY 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $14,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for 
direct grants to Louisiana harvesters and vessel owners
to provide replacement for the dockside values for the 
menhaden fisheries impacted by Hurricane Katrina. 
LOUISIANA OYSTER RECOVERY 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Oyster Task Force for the complete reha-
bilitation of public and private oyster reefs under the juris-
diction of Louisiana that were impacted by Hurricane 
Katrina: Provided, That of such amount, $250,000 shall 
be made available for oyster hatcheries in Louisiana: Pro-
vided further, That of such amount $8,000,000 shall be 
made available for oyster lease resurveying and oyster 
lease boundaries and for oyster lease equipment and facili-
ties. 
FISHERIES INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to for the establishment of stra-
tegically located emergency fisheries infrastructure facili-
ties to provide the dockside infrastructure required for the 
delivery of fish products to market in all fisheries impacted 
by Hurricane Katrina. 
LOUISIANA MARINE RESEARCH RECOVERY 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $14,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for 
the replacement of coastal and marine research facilities 
impacted by Hurricane Katrina. 
SEAFOOD MARKETING 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $35,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board 
to rebuild markets for seafood products in fisheries im-
pacted in Hurricane Katrina. 
LOUISIANA LICENSE RENEWAL 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $14,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a direct, lump-sum grant to 
the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to 
provide license renewal fees for commercial or recreational 
fishing license holders and to provide oyster lease rent or 
renewal fees. 
FISHERIES HABITAT 
In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to restore and rehabilitate 
marsh, nursery habitat for fish, shrimp, and crabs in Lou-
isiana.
SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING AND WARNING 
In addition to amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the National Weather Service 
to ensure continued weather forecasting services in areas 
that could be impacted by hurricanes and other severe 
coastal weather events, including floods: Provided, That 
such funds should be made available to the South Regional 
Weather Center for hurricane forecasting and data deliv-
ery during an emergency. 
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HURRICANE CENTER 
In addition to amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such purpose, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to implement an emergency re-
sponse decision support system and expert guidance that 
is capable of rapid deployment to support emergency re-
sponse and recovery activities, including scalable hurricane 
response capabilities, in-place resources and readiness, in-
tegrated modeling and information delivery systems, pre- 
defined inventories of domain experts and resources, and 
an infrastructure that my be adopted in all regions of the 
Eastern United States that are impacted hurricanes and 
the Caribbean region. Such system shall be integrated 
with Federal and State response planning and shall be de-
veloped in cooperation with universities in Louisiana.
WAIVER OF FEDERAL FISHERIES LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS 
The Secretary of Commerce shall waive the provisions 
of any Federal law or regulation that requires the protec-
tion of endangered or otherwise protected species in the 
immediate waters impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Such 
waiver shall be effective for a 1-year period beginning on 
a date determined by the Secretary, in consultation with 
the head of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 
Fisheries. 
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION 
The amounts provided in this subtitle are designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
Subtitle E—Department of 
Homeland Security 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 111. PAYMENT OF BASE WAGES.—Notwith-
standing any provision of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.), the President shall pay the base wages and overtime 
wages for any employee of a parish of the State of Lou-
isiana for any activity carried out under a recovery effort 
relating to Hurricane Katrina or a related condition. 
SEC. 112. IMMEDIATE DISASTER RELIEF FUND-
ING.—
(a) 
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE 
GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
available as of the date of enactment of this Act for 
the emergency management performance grant pro-
gram of the Department of Homeland Security, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary of Homeland Security, to 
provide increased amounts to States under that pro-
gram for use in responding to a major disaster relat-
ing to Hurricane Katrina declared by the President 
on August 29, 2005, in accordance with section 401 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5170), 
$91,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts are used for construc-
tion of an Emergency Operations Center to provide 
immediate command centers and communication 
after a disaster or emergency event in each of the 
following parishes, each of which shall receive 
$4,800,000 from such amounts: Jefferson, St. Tam-
many, Washington, Tangipahoa, Livingston, St.
Bernard, Plaquemine, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. 
Mary, St. Martin, Lafayette, Calcasieu, Cameron, 
Vermillion. St. Charles, St. John, Iberia, and Ascen-
sion. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall be entitled to re-
ceive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this 
subsection the funds transferred under paragraph 
(1), without further appropriation. 
(b) URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AND NATURAL 
DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
available as of the date of enactment of this Act for 
urban search and rescue systems, and natural dis-
aster medical systems, of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, to provide increased 
amounts for those teams for use in responding to a 
major disaster relating to Hurricane Katrina de-
clared by the President on August 29, 2005, in ac-
cordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170), $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. Provided, That up to $1,000,000,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Emergency Pre-
paredness and Response, Public Health Programs’’ 
for the National Disaster Medical System to support 
medical care as authorized by section 2811 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11): 
Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment and Operations, Office of Inspector General’’ 
for necessary expenses 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 amounts pro-
vided herein are designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 
95 (109th Congress). 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall be entitled to re-
ceive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this 
subsection the funds transferred under paragraph 
(1), without further appropriation.
SEC. 
113. 
ASSISTANCE
TO
FIREFIGHTERS.— 
$250,000,000 for assistance to firefighters for hurricane 
related expenses, available until expended. 
SEC. 114. (a) COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no limitation on 
the amount or percentage of assistance that may be pro-
vided in the form of a community disaster loan under sec-
tion 417(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184(b)) shall 
apply to any community disaster loan made under section 
417 of that Act to assist any local government in which 
a major disaster relating to Hurricane Katrina was de-
clared to exist by the President on August 29, 2005, in 
accordance with section 401 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 
(b) ALLOCATION.—Of funds appropriated for com-
munity disaster loans in fiscal year 2006 under section 
417(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184(b)), not less 
than— 
(1) $450,000,000 shall be used for loans to 
local governments located in Orleans Parish, Lou-
isiana; 
(2) $250,000,000 shall be used for loans to 
local governments located in Jefferson Parish, Lou-
isiana;
(3) $300,000,000 shall be used for loans to 
local governments located in St. Bernard Parish, 
Louisiana; and 
(4) $25,000,000 shall be used for loans to local 
governments located in Plaquemines Parish, Lou-
isiana. 
(5) $9,000,000 shall be used for loans to local 
government in St. Tammany Parish, Louisian. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘local 
government’’ means any local government, as that term 
is defined in section 102(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(6)), that has suffered a loss of tax or other revenue. 
Subtitle F—Department of Health 
and Human Services 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
For an additional amount to the Louisiana Depart-
ment of Health and Hospitals, Office of Mental Health 
for carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health 
Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental 
health services in Louisiana, $400,000,000 for emergency 
hurricane expenses, to remain available until September 
30, 
2006: 
Provided, 
That 
from 
such 
amount,
$100,000,000 shall be made available for psychological 
trauma response early intervention, prevention, and dis-
order treatment by culturally competent counselors and 
mental health professionals for children who are 0 to 5 
years of age: Provided further, That from such amount, 
$100,000,000 shall be made available to provide funds in 
consultation with the Louisiana Department of Education 
for the assessment, response, and treatment of the mental 
health needs of school age children with services to be pro-
vided by culturally competent counselors and mental 
health professionals: Provided further, That from such 
amount, $100,000,000 shall be made available to increase 
funding for psychological trauma response early interven-
tion, prevention, and disorder treatment and suicide pre-
vention by culturally competent counselors and mental 
health professionals: Provided further, That from such 
amount, $100,000,000 shall be made available to be kept 
separate and apart from mental health funds allocated to 
the Louisiana State agency for substance abuse for sub-
stance abuse assessment, early intervention, prevention, 
and treatment. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING 
For an additional amount for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, $300,000,000, to remain avail-