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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5354 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to extend the period during which 
a State educational agency or local educational agency may obligate 
temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary school 
students displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2006 
Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. POE, Mr. 
ALEXANDER, and Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to extend the period 
during which a State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency may obligate temporary emergency im-
pact aid for elementary and secondary school students 
displaced by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hurricane Relief Ex-
tension Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR OBLIGATION OF TEM-
PORARY EMERGENCY IMPACT AID FOR DIS-
PLACED STUDENTS. 
Notwithstanding sections 107(f) and 110 of title IV 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery 
Act’’) of Division B of the Department of Defense, Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2680), the Sec-
retary of Education may extend the period during which 
a State educational agency or local educational agency 
may obligate funds received under section 107 of that title, 
except that such funds shall be used only for expenses in-
curred during the 2005–2006 school year, as required by 
section 107 of that title. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) According to the Department of Education, 
more than 370,000 students were unable to attend 
school in the weeks following hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita. 
(2) According to the Department of Education, 
158,000 students remained displaced as of October 
1, 2005, and are eligible for impact aid. 
(3) The unprecedented nature of this crisis and 
the massive dislocation of students prompted the 
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Congress in 2005 to approve the Hurricane Edu-
cation Recovery Act to provide money to reopen 
schools in the Gulf Coast region and an additional 
$645 million for impact aid. 
(4) The Congress included stringent time lines 
in the Hurricane Education Recovery Act to ensure 
the money would quickly be sent to the local edu-
cational agencies to help the schools in need. 
(5) The Department of Education accelerated 
the application process in order to quickly release 
education-related relief. 
(6) A significant portion of the recovery aid, 
both restart and impact aid, has yet to reach dam-
aged schools and local educational agencies. 
(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—The Congress urges 
State educational agencies to expeditiously distribute edu-
cation relief funds received under title IV (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery Act’’) of Di-
vision B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public 
Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2680)) to impacted schools and 
institutions. 
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