A bill to clarify which expenses relating to emergency shelters for Katrina Survivors are eligible for Federal reimbursement.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 209.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 12, 2005
Directs the President to reimburse a state or local government in which an emergency shelter for Hurricane Katrina survivors is operating for expenses incurred (such as overtime wages paid to police officers to ensure the provision of adequate coverage to portions of the state or locality other than the emergency shelter), regardless of whether the expenses were incurred for goods or services provided at the shelter's location.
Source last updated: Jan 12, 2023. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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