Public Law 109-234

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Administrative and Regional

Operations’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences

of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season,

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PUBLIC LAW 109–234—JUNE 15, 2006 120 STAT. 459

$71,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95

(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal

year 2006.

PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Preparedness, Mitigation,

Response, and Recovery’’ for necessary expenses related to the

consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the

2005 season, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

That the amount provided under this heading is designated

as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.

Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget

for fiscal year 2006.

DISASTER RELIEF

For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for necessary

expenses under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $6,000,000,000, to

remain available until expended: Provided, That for States in which

the President declared a major disaster (as that term is defined

in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) on September 24, 2005,

as a result of Hurricane Rita, each county or parish eligible for

individual and public assistance under such declaration in such

States will be treated equally for purposes of cost-share adjustments

under such Act, to account for the impact in those counties and

parishes of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina: Provided further, That

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit for approval a

proposal and an expenditure plan for housing, including the alternative

housing pilot programs under section 2403 of this Act, to

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of

Representatives within forty-five days from the date of enactment

of this Act: Provided further, That the amount provided under

this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant

to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Assistance Direct Loan

Program Account’’ for the cost of direct loans as authorized under

section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184), $279,800,000, to be used to assist

local governments affected by Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes

of the 2005 season in providing essential services, of which

$1,000,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out the direct

loan program: Provided, That such funds may be made to subsidize

gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to

exceed $371,733,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding section

417(b) of such Act, the amount of any such loan issued pursuant

to this section may exceed $5,000,000, and may be equal to not

more than 50 percent of the annual operating budget of the local

government in any case in which that local government has suffered

a loss of 25 percent or more in tax revenues due to Hurricane

Deadline.

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120 STAT. 460 PUBLIC LAW 109–234—JUNE 15, 2006

Katrina or Hurricane Rita: Provided further, That notwithstanding

section 417(c)(1) of such Act, such loans may not be canceled:

Provided further, That the cost of modifying such loans shall be

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

(2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That the amounts provided under

this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant

to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent

resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

SEC. 2401. The Federal Emergency Management Agency may

provide funds to a State or local government or, as necessary,

assume an existing agreement from such unit of government, to

pay for utility costs resulting from the provision of temporary

housing units to evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes

of the 2005 season if the State or local government has

previously arranged to pay for such utilities on behalf of the evacuees

for the term of any leases, not to exceed 12 months, contracted

by or prior to February 7, 2006: Provided, That the Federal share

of the costs eligible to be paid shall be 100 percent.

SEC. 2402. (a) Title III of Public Law 109–90 (119 Stat. 2079)

is amended under the heading ‘‘National Flood Insurance Fund’’

by striking in the proviso ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums

as necessary’’.

(b) The provisions of this section are designated as an emergency

requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95

(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal

year 2006.

SEC. 2403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider eligible under the

Federal Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance Program

the costs sufficient for alternative housing pilot programs

in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes

of the 2005 season.