Indian Ocean Tsunami Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1550
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Agricultural assistance
Agriculture and Food
American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Authorization
Bribery
Bridges
Building construction
Child abuse
Child health
Child labor
Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Clinics
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Community centers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Disabled
Disaster relief
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Environmental Protection
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Federal officials
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fisheries
Food relief
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Health
Health surveys
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Human rights
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
International agencies
International relief
Investment guaranty insurance
Labor and Employment
Maternal health services
Mental health services
Military assistance
Military civic action
Misconduct in office
Missing persons
Nongovernmental organizations
Orphans
Performance measurement
Planning
Potable water
Preventive medicine
Prostitution
Public corruption
Public-private partnerships
Refugees
Refuse and refuse disposal
Risk
Road construction
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Shelters for the homeless
Slavery
Small business
Social Welfare
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Teachers
Technical assistance
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Tsunamis
United Nations
Vaccination
Victims
Water Resources Development
Women
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: 
Indian Ocean Tsunami Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction Act of 2005 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance for humanitarian and medium- and long-term recovery and reconstruction needs of the people and communities in countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. 
 
Directs the President to provide assistance to children who are orphaned or currently unaccompanied as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
 
Authorizes FY 2005 and 2006 appropriations from certain Department of State authorizations for U.S. contributions to Interpol for its disaster victim identification efforts relating to the Indian Ocean tsunami.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) should increase efforts to support U.S.-sponsored private investment in countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance for regional and international programs, including providing such assistance through the United Nation's (UN) International Early Warning Program, to establish all-hazard event public warning systems in foreign countries. 
 
Authorizes appropriations to replenish funds expended for specified assistance provided in the immediate aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami. 
 
Directs: (1) the President to designate a senior U.S. official to coordinate assistance under this Act; (2) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to have primary responsibility for providing such assistance; and (3) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to monitor the provision of such assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: Introduced in House