I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2187 
To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2007 
Mr. ALEXANDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
et, 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 make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina 
recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
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, 2007, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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CHAPTER 1 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2101. Section 1231(k)(2) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(k)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘During calendar year 2006, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’. 
CHAPTER 2 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, for discretionary grants author-
ized by subpart 2 of part E, of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as in effect 
on September 30, 2006, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 511 of said Act, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the amount made available 
under this heading shall be for local law enforcement ini-
tiatives in the Gulf Coast region related to the aftermath 
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Provided further, That 
these funds shall be apportioned among the States in 
quotient to their level of violent crime as estimated by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Report 
for the year 2005. 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the shrimp 
and fishing industries, $110,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Exploration Capabili-
ties’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of Hurricane Katrina, $35,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2201. Up to $48,000,000 of amounts made 
available to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration in Public Law 109–148 and Public Law 109–234 
for emergency hurricane and other natural disaster-re-
lated expenses may be used to reimburse hurricane-related 
costs incurred by NASA in fiscal year 2005. 
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CHAPTER 3 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$25,300,000, to remain available until expended, which 
may be used to continue construction of projects related 
to interior drainage for the greater New Orleans metro-
politan area. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary 
expenses relating to the consequences of Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita and for other purposes, $1,407,700,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$1,300,000,000 of the amount provided may be used by 
the Secretary of the Army to carry out projects and meas-
ures for the West Bank and Vicinity and Lake 
Ponchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana, projects, as de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies’’, in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–148: Pro-
vided further, That $107,700,000 of the amount provided 
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may be used to implement the projects for hurricane storm 
damage reduction, flood damage reduction, and ecosystem 
restoration within Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Coun-
ties, Mississippi substantially in accordance with the Re-
port of the Chief of Engineers dated December 31, 2006, 
and entitled ‘‘Mississippi, Coastal Improvements Program 
Interim Report, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Coun-
ties, Mississippi’’: Provided further, That projects author-
ized for implementation under this Chief’s report shall be 
carried out at full Federal expense, except that the non- 
Federal interests shall be responsible for providing for all 
costs associated with operation and maintenance of the 
project: Provided further, That any project using funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be initiated only after 
non-Federal interests have entered into binding agree-
ments with the Secretary requiring the non-Federal inter-
ests to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, re-
pair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of the project 
and to hold and save the United States free from damages 
due to the construction or operation and maintenance of 
the project, except for damages due to the fault or neg-
ligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided 
further, That the Chief of Engineers, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall pro-
vide a monthly report to the House and Senate Commit-
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