Gulf Coast Infrastructure Redevelopment and Recovery Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1836
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Allergies
Asthma
Authorization
Beaches
Cancer
Carcinogens
Child health
Citizen participation
Civil engineering
Commerce
Commuting
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Depressed areas
Disaster relief
Ecology
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Energy
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Evacuation of civilians
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to transportation
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Fungi
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health surveys
Herbicides
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Immune system
Indoor air pollution
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labor and Employment
Law
Leases
Legislation
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mass rapid transit
Metals
Minorities
Minority health
Mississippi
Occupational health and safety
Pesticides
Planning
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Potable water
Poverty
Pregnant women
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public health administration
Railroad freight operations
Real estate development
Residential rehabilitation
Restoration ecology
Road construction
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Soil erosion
Strategic planning
Sustainable development
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Underground storage
Volatile organic compounds
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Weather
Wells
Wetlands
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Gulf Coast Infrastructure Redevelopment and Recovery Act of 2005 - Federal Infrastructure Preparedness Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to establish a Federal Infrastructure Task Force to improve preparedness for the effects of extreme weather events on U.S infrastructure. Requires the Task Force to serve as the coordinating entity to distribute federal funding for infrastructure redevelopment required by Hurricane Katrina (Katrina).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to Katrina. 
 
Emergency Water Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2005 - Authorizes Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to provide additional subsidization to projects that receive funds through a revolving loan under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to repair, replace or rebuild publicly-owned treatment works in Katrina-affected areas or water quality projects directly related to relief efforts.
 
Amends: (1) the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for post-disaster economic recovery; and (2) the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Delta Regional Authority to designate as a disaster area a county or parish that is affected by the declaration of a major disaster in response to Katrina. Directs the Authority to establish the Delta Regional Authority Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.
 
Directs: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use specified funds for activities, including cleanup, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of drinking water supplies and wastewater treatment plants, and to report on hazardous materials releases; and (2) the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct an assessment of Corps infrastructure in the region to determine whether opportunities exist for project modifications that may reduce future hurricane impacts.
 
National Levee Safety Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program under which the Secretary inspects U.S. levees every 10 years; (2) establish the Interagency Committee on Levee Safety; (3) establish the National Levee Safety Review Board; and (4) establish and maintain a national levee safety program.
 
Emergency Water Infrastructure Assistance Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into an emergency lease, for up to five years, during a major disaster declared by the President or the head of a federal agency.
 
Habitability of Residential Homes, Schools, and Commercial Buildings Affected by Hurricane Katrina Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator to establish a grant program to pay the federal share of the cost of abatement and inspection activities for residential homes, commercial buildings, and schools affected by Katrina.
 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide reimbursement for the establishment of commuter assistance programs to improve worker access to assist in the rapid recovery of communities in response to a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11226-11227)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate