Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005
PL 109-61 (H.R.3645), enacted 09/02/2005

119 STAT. 1988
PUBLIC LAW 109–61—SEPT. 2, 2005
Public Law 109–61
109th Congress
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising
from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 2005, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, $10,000,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount
provided herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 for emergency hurricane expenses, to
support costs of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment of per-
sonnel, and other costs resulting from immediate relief efforts,
to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations
for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement,
family housing, Defense Health Program, and working capital funds:
Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with
and be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the pur-
poses provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
Notification.
Deadline.
Expiration date.
Emergency
Supplemental
Appropriations
Act to Meet
Immediate Needs
Arising From the
Consequences of
Hurricane
Katrina, 2005.
Sept. 2, 2005
[H.R. 3645]
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PUBLIC LAW 109–61—SEPT. 2, 2005
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3645:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005):
Sept. 2, considered and passed House and Senate.
shall, not more than 5 days after making transfers from this appro-
priation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing
of any such transfer: Provided further, That the amount provided
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Con-
sequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’.
Approved September 2, 2005.
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