Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1637
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Authorization
Bankruptcy
Beverages
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Day care
Department of Agriculture
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency housing
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Food relief
Food stamps
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Infant formulas
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Louisiana
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medicare
Mississippi
Mortgages
Potable water
Pregnant women
Preschool education
Prescription pricing
Relocation
Rent
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Taxation
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
WIC program
Water Resources Development
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005 - Temporary Medicaid Disaster Relief Act of 2005 - Allows states to provide medical assistance to Hurricane Katrina survivors under a state Medicaid plan without regard to eligibility requirements.
 
Provides for grants to local educational agencies and states with a large influx of displaced students due to Hurricane Katrina. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) authorize higher education institutions to waive federal financial aid requirements for students affected by Hurricane Katrina; and (2) make payments to institutions for financial aid for such students.
 
Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide temporary rental assistance to individuals and families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Hurricane Emergency Limitation on Payments (HELP) Act of 2005 - Prohibits certain penalties against a person affected by Hurricane Katrina for failing to make timely payments on a federal financial obligation. Allows the President to provide mortgage or rental payments to people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide appropriate benefit assistance to any individual unemployed as a result of a major disaster.
 
Provides tax relief to taxpayers affected by Hurricane Katrina, including disregarding a specified period in determining the tax liability of such taxpayers and excluding certain withdrawals from retirement plans from gross income.
 
Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide expedited and increased food stamp benefits for households in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Delays the changes to bankruptcy law for residents of a declared major disaster area in connection with Hurricane Katrina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9838-9844)
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in Senate