Order Code RL33226
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Legislation for Disaster Assistance:
Summary Data, FY1989 to FY2007
Updated July 31, 2007
Justin Murray
Information Research Specialist
Knowledge Services Group
Keith Bea
Specialist, American National Government
Government and Finance Division

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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Legislation
for Disaster Assistance: Summary Data,
FY1989 to FY2007
Summary
This report provides summary information on emergency supplemental
appropriations enacted after major disasters since 1989. During the 19-year span
from FY1989 through FY2007, Congress appropriated more than $206 billion for
disaster assistance. Most of the appropriations were preceded by a presidential
request for supplemental funding. Some appropriations have been offset by
rescissions.
The most recent and costly disasters occurred in the summer of 2005 when
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma made landfall in Gulf Coast states. To date,
Congress has appropriated more than $117 billion in five supplementals, largely in
response to those hurricanes. Portions of the appropriations were offset by rescinding
over $34 billion in previously appropriated funds, explained in the section titled
“Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.”
Prior to FY2005 and the hurricanes, only the terrorist attacks of 2001 led to
supplemental appropriations legislation that exceeded $20 billion. Congress
appropriated a total of more than $26 billion for disaster assistance in response to the
attacks. Other supplemental appropriations legislation enacted after catastrophic
disasters (or several significant disasters that occurred in short time intervals) range
from almost $366 million in FY2001 before the terrorist attacks (largely due to the
Nisqually earthquake in the summer of 2001) to more than $12 billion for the
Midwest floods of 1993 and the Northridge earthquake of 1994. In the latter
instances, Congress appropriated funds to address the needs caused by more than one
disaster.
At times, the supplementals enacted by Congress have included only disaster
funding. The supplementals enacted after Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta
earthquake, in addition to the first two enacted after Hurricane Katrina, serve as
examples. On other occasions, however, disaster funding has been part of larger
pieces of legislation that appropriated funds for purposes other than disaster
assistance. In the latter category of statutes, disaster funding ranges from less than
1% (wildfires and Hurricane Isabel, FY2004) to almost 90% of the total
appropriations (Oklahoma City bombing of 2005).
President Bush submitted a request to Congress for FY2007 supplemental
funding along with the FY2008 budget request. The majority of the supplemental
funds enacted on May 25, 2007, in P.L. 110-28 are for the military operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan. The enacted legislation includes $6.9 billion for Gulf Coast
recovery costs associated with Hurricane Katrina.
This report will be updated as events warrant to reflect any additional
supplemental disaster assistance appropriations in the 110th Congress.

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Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selected CRS Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
List of Tables
Table 1. Presidential Requests and Appropriations, Emergency
Appropriations for Disaster Assistance, FY1989-FY2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2. FY2005-FY2007 Supplemental Disaster Appropriations After
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 3. Rescissions and Offsets, P.L. 109-148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Legislation for Disaster Assistance:
Summary Data, FY1989 to FY2007
Overview
From FY1989 through FY2007, Congress appropriated more than $206 billion
for disaster assistance in 31 appropriations measures, primarily supplemental
appropriations acts, after significant catastrophes occurred in the United States.1 The
median annual funding during the 19-year period FY1989 through FY2007 was $2.2
billion; the mean annual funding was $6.7 billion ($206 billion/19). The mean
funding for all 31 enacted emergency supplemental bills was $2.2 billion ($206
billion/31).2 Disasters during 2001 and 2005 were especially costly. In FY2001 and
FY2002, supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance exceeded $26 billion,
most of which went toward recovery following the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001. In FY2005 and FY2006, after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma struck in
2005, supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance reached an all-time high of
$117.5 billion — roughly 57% of the total appropriated for disaster assistance for the
entire period.
Recently, Congress passed and the President signed into law P.L. 110-28, on
May 25, 2007. The legislation provides $120 billion in emergency FY2007
supplemental spending for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, additional
relief for victims of Gulf Coast hurricanes, and other matters. Of the $120 billion in
total enacted appropriations, the legislation provides approximately $7.7 billion in
additional relief for victims of Gulf Coast hurricanes and other disasters. The
measure appropriates $1.6 billion for the Corps of Engineers’ projects, levee repair
and flood control. This funding includes $6.9 billion specifically for additional Gulf
Coast hurricane relief.3
1 This amount does not include disaster assistance funding made available through regular
annual appropriations legislation (with one exception in FY2000 after Hurricane Floyd) or
funding enacted for agricultural disasters. For information on emergency agricultural
funding, see CRS Report RL31095, Emergency Funding for Agriculture: A Brief History
of Supplemental Appropriations, FY1989-FY2006, by Ralph Chite.
2 Mean annual funding reflects the total funding for the period divided by 19, representing
each of the 19 fiscal years in FY1989-FY2007. The mean funding for the set of all of the
enacted bills reflects the total funding for the period divided by the total number of 31
enacted measures.
3 The figure of $6.9 billion for Gulf Coast relief for disaster assistance is based on CRS’
interpretation of the statutory provisions included in P.L. 110-28 for disaster assistance
funding. Details concerning the types of appropriations that are included in disaster
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P.L. 110-28 is the culmination of a $103 billion FY2007 supplemental request
submitted by the Administration to Congress along with the FY2008 budget.4 The
President’s request for continued relief for the Gulf Coast states amounted to $3.4
billion. The $6.9 billion in Gulf Coast recovery funds in P. L. 110-28 increased the
hurricane relief funding requested by the President by approximately $3.5 billion.
This report provides summary information on emergency supplemental
appropriations legislation enacted since 1989 after significant catastrophes. It
includes funds appropriated to the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) administered by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as funds appropriated to
other agencies.5 Emergency assistance funding includes appropriations for disaster
relief, repair of federal facilities, and hazard mitigation activities directed at reducing
the impact of future disasters. DRF appropriations are obligated for all major
disasters and emergencies issued under the Stafford Act,6 not only those significant
events that lead to supplemental appropriations. Counterterrorism, law enforcement,
and national security appropriations are not included in this compilation. Unless
otherwise noted, this report does not take into account rescissions approved by
Congress after funds have been appropriated for disaster assistance.
As reflected in Table 1 below, supplemental appropriations have been enacted
as stand-alone legislation. However, in some instances, emergency disaster relief
funding has been enacted as part of regular appropriations measures, continuing
appropriations acts (continuing resolutions), or in omnibus appropriations legislation.
Requested funding levels noted in the third column of Table 1 reflect House
Appropriations Committee data on total requested funding for the entire enacted bill.
Where possible, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) data taken from
correspondence to Congress requesting emergency supplemental funding are used to
identify dates of Administration requests for supplemental funding.7
3 (...continued)
assistance funding as defined within this report appear in the text above.
4 See U.S. President, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2008 Appendix
(Washington: 2007), [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/
appendix/sup.pdf].
5 Disaster relief funding allocated in P.L. 107-117 is not included in Table 1 because it was
an allocation of funding appropriated in P.L. 107-38. The majority of federal emergency
assistance funding listed in this report was provided through the Disaster Relief Fund. More
information on the emergency funding provided to the DRF appears in CRS Report
RL33053, Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential Declarations, Eligible
Activities, and Funding, by Keith Bea.
6 The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et
seq.
7 The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Website on Supplementals, Amendments,
and Releases [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/amendments.htm] contains a list of
the presidential submission transmittals from calendar year 2003 to the present. Calendar
year OMB 2004 submissions are available at [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
budget/04amendments.htm]; calendar year OMB 2003 submissions and estimates are
available at [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/03amendments.htm].

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Table 1. Presidential Requests and Appropriations, Emergency
Appropriations for Disaster Assistance, FY1989-FY2007
(dollars in thousands)
Emergency
Assistance
Total
Emergency
Administration
Date Signed into
Funding and
Disaster Event and Date of
Appropriation in
Assistance
Fiscal Year
Request, by Date
Law and
Percentage of
Major Disaster Declaration a
Current Year
Funding in
and Amount b
P.L. Number
Appropriation
Dollars
FY2007 Dollars
Current Year
Dollars
2007
Hurricane Katrina
Feb. 5, 2007
May 25, 2007
$120,000,000
$7,679,000
$7,679,000
Aug. 29, 2005
$3,400,000
P.L. 110-28
6.4%
2006
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma
Feb. 16, 2006
June 15, 2006
$94,520,000
$19,340,000
$19,764,722
Aug. - Sept. 2005
$19,800,000
P.L. 109-234
20.4%
2006
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma
Oct. 28, 2005
Dec. 30, 2005
$453,500,000
$29,046,985
$29,684,880
Aug. - Sept. 2005
$17,100,000 c
P.L. 109-148
6.4%
2005
Hurricane Katrina
Sept. 7, 2005
Sept. 8, 2005
$51,800,000
$51,800,000
$54,800,000
Aug. 29, 2005
$51,800,000
P.L. 109-62
100%
2005
Hurricane Katrina
Sept. 1, 2005
Sept. 2, 2005
$10,500,000
$10,500,000
$11,000,983
Aug. 29, 2005
$10,500,000
P.L. 109-61
100%
2005
Hurricanes Ivan, Jeanne
Sept. 14, 2004
Oct. 13, 2004
$14,500,000
$11,103,887
$11,633,636
Sept. 1, 2004
$3,100,000
P.L. 108-324
76.6%

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Emergency
Assistance
Total
Emergency
Administration
Date Signed into
Funding and
Disaster Event and Date of
Appropriation in
Assistance
Fiscal Year
Request, by Date
Law and
Percentage of
Major Disaster Declaration a
Current Year
Funding in
and Amount b
P.L. Number
Appropriation
Dollars
FY2007 Dollars
Current Year
Dollars
2004
Hurricanes Charley, Frances
Sept. 6, 2004
Sept. 8, 2004
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$2,153,126
Sept. 1, 2004
$2,000,000
P.L. 108-303
100%
2004
Wildfires
d
Aug. 8, 2004
$417,500,000
$500,000
$538,281
various dates
P.L. 108-287
0.12%
2004
Hurricane Isabel
$87,000,000
Nov. 6, 2003
$87,500,000
$813,000
$875,246
Sept. 18, 2003
Sept. 17, 2003 e
P.L. 108-106
0.93%
2003
Storms
July 7, 2003
Sept. 30, 2003
$3,500,000
$820,700
$904,714
various 2003 dates
(continued from
P.L. 108-83
23.4%
$1,900,000 request
below)
2003
Tornadoes
July 7, 2003
Aug. 8, 2003
$983,600
$983,600
$1,084,290
May 6, 2003
$1,900,000
P.L. 108-69
100%
2002
Terrorist attacks
Mar. 21, 2002
Aug. 2, 2002
$26,600,000
$6,167,600
$6,933,229
Sept. 11, 2001
$27,100,000
P.L. 107-206
23.2%
2001
Terrorist attacks
Sept. 12, 2001
Sept. 18, 2001
$40,000,000 f
$20,000,000
$22,913,247
Sept. 11, 2001
$20,000,000
P.L. 107-38
50%
g
2001
Nisqually Earthquake
July 24, 2001
$8,980,000
$365,700
$418,969
P.L. 107-20
4.9%

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Emergency
Assistance
Total
Emergency
Administration
Date Signed into
Funding and
Disaster Event and Date of
Appropriation in
Assistance
Fiscal Year
Request, by Date
Law and
Percentage of
Major Disaster Declaration a
Current Year
Funding in
and Amount b
P.L. Number
Appropriation
Dollars
FY2007 Dollars
Current Year
Dollars
2000
Hurricane Floyd
Sept. 21, 1999
Oct. 20, 1999
$99,500,000
$2,480,425
$2,908,794
Sept. 16, 1999
$97,500 h
P.L. 106-74
2.5%
i
1999
Tornadoes
May 21, 1999
$13,100,000
$1,296,723
$1,551,384
various dates
P.L. 106-31
9.9%
1999
Hurricanes Georges, Bonnie
$7,780,000 j
Oct. 21, 1998
$21,000,000
$1,830,977
$2,190,560
flooding
P.L. 105-277
8.7%
various dates
1998
El Niño floods
Mar. 24, 1998
May 1, 1998
$6,006,000
$2,602,173 43.3%
$3,154,076
Feb. 9, 1998
$22,560,000
P.L. 105-174
1997
Dakotas flooding
Mar. 19, 1997
June 12, 1997
$9,163,000
$5,863,883
$7,193,823
Apr. 7, 1997
$3,480,000
P.L. 105-18
64%
k
1995
Oklahoma City bombing
July 27, 1995
$7,453,000
$6,599,531 88.6%
$8,395,823
Apr. 25, 1995
P.L. 104-19
1995
Northridge Earthquake,
$90,100,000 l
Sept. 28, 1994
$90,100,000
$417,500 m
$531,137
Tropical Storm Alberto
P.L. 103-327
0.46%
various dates

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Emergency
Assistance
Total
Emergency
Administration
Date Signed into
Funding and
Disaster Event and Date of
Appropriation in
Assistance
Fiscal Year
Request, by Date
Law and
Percentage of
Major Disaster Declaration a
Current Year
Funding in
and Amount b
P.L. Number
Appropriation
Dollars
FY2007 Dollars
Current Year
Dollars
1994
Midwest floods, CA fires, and
Sept. 28, 1994
Feb. 12, 1994
$11,535,000
$8,837,952 76.6%
$11,480,135
Northridge earthquake
$11,430,000
P.L. 103-211
Jan. 17, 1994
1993
Midwest floods
July 14, 1993
Aug. 12, 1993
$4,411,000
$3,494,750 79.2%
$4,637,128
June 11, 1993
$3,980,000
P.L. 103-75
n
1993
Hurricanes Andrew, Iniki
July 2, 1993
$3,500,000
$52,345
$69,456
various dates
P.L. 103-50
1.5%
1992
Hurricanes Andrew, Iniki
Sept. 8, 1992
Sept. 23, 1992
$12,775,00
$5,767,116 45.1%
$7,825,847
Aug. 24, 1992
$6,530,000
P.L. 102-368
o
1992
L.A. riots/Chicago flood
June 22, 1992
$1,191,000
$ 469,650
$637,305
various dates
P.L. 102-302
39.4%
1992
Hurricane Bob
June 28, 1991
Dec. 12, 1991
$6,849,000
$943,000
$1,279,630
various dates
$693,000
P.L.102-229
13.8%
p
1990
Hurricane Hugo/Exxon Valdez
May 25, 1990
$4,300,000
$670,412
$967,621
various dates
P.L. 101-302
15.6%
q
1990
Hurricane Hugo
Oct. 26, 1989
$ 2,850,000
$2,850,000
$4,113,471
Loma Prieta Earthquake
P.L. 101-130
100%
Oct. 18, 1989

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Emergency
Assistance
Total
Emergency
Administration
Date Signed into
Funding and
Disaster Event and Date of
Appropriation in
Assistance
Fiscal Year
Request, by Date
Law and
Percentage of
Major Disaster Declaration a
Current Year
Funding in
and Amount b
P.L. Number
Appropriation
Dollars
FY2007 Dollars
Current Year
Dollars
r
1989
Hurricane Hugo
Sept. 29, 1989
$1,108,000
$1,108,000
$1,658,606
Sept. 20, 1989
P.L. 101-100
100%
1989
Fires on federal lands
June 30, 1989
$3,564,000
$348,969
$522,384
s
various dates
P.L. 101-45
9.8%
Sources: Supplemental funding totals based on compiled CRS data on emergency appropriations after disasters, FY1989-FY2007. Other supplemental funding totals obtained from Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) Supplemental Appropriations series, including “CBO Data on Supplemental Budget Authority for the 2000s” at [http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6630/SuppApprop.pdf].
Totals for Administration requests were obtained from OMB correspondence to Congress and from the House Appropriations Committee Budget Estimates volumes, Table VIIIa. Editions for recent
Congresses through the 107th are on the Government Printing Office GPO Access Congressional Documents site at [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/budgets.html], visited Feb. 27, 2007.
FY2007 dollar conversions were calculated using GDP Chained Price Index data in Table 10.1, FY2007 budget Historical Tables volume.
a. Data in this column represent the date the President issued a major disaster declaration for the disaster that appeared to be the primary catalyst for the supplemental appropriations legislation. In a series
of disasters (such as the Midwest floods of 1993), this date represents the first of several declarations associated with that particular disaster. In some instances, identifying which disasters were
primarily associated with consideration of the supplemental appropriations was not possible.
b. Data in this column represent the date the President submitted a request to Congress for supplemental funds. In some instances, funding was not requested by the White House but was included by
Congress in regular appropriations measures.
c. On October 28, 2005, the President submitted to Congress a request to “reallocate” $17.1 billion previously appropriated for FEMA. See [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/
amendments/rescission_package_10_28_05.pdf]. Congress modified this request by redirecting roughly $12 billion to the request in provisions in P.L.109-148, the FY2006 Department of Defense
Appropriations Act. Because Congress appropriated the rescinded funds, the funding is considered supplemental appropriations for the purpose of this report, even though some might contend
that this does not represent an additional cost to the Treasury. The President also submitted that same day a budget amendment that sought the rescission of “$2.3 billion from lower-priority federal
p r o g r a ms a n d e x c e s s f u n d s . ” S e e E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t , O f f i c e o f M a n a g e me n t a n d B u d g e t , “ E s t i ma t e N o . 1 4 , ” a t
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/amendments/rescission_package_10_28_05.pdf].

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d. FY2004 supplemental funds to meet wildfire suppression requirements were included in the FY2005 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, P.L. 108-287. For more information on the statute,
see CRS Report RL32783, FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities, by Amy Belasco and Larry Nowels.
e. The President submitted a supplemental request of $87 billion for ongoing military operations and for reconstruction assistance in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. During conference on H.R. 3289
(P.L. 108-106, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan Act, 2004), $500 million for FEMA for disaster relief for Hurricane
Isabel and the California wildfires was added to the legislation, bringing the total enacted funding for P.L. 108-106 to $87.5 billion.
f. P.L. 107-117 allocated funds appropriated in P.L. 107-38, which was enacted shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Under P.L. 107-38, $20 billion was available immediately, whereas
the remaining $20 billion became available when allocated in P.L. 107-117, enacted on January 10, 2002. Of the second half of the $40 billion, $11.579 billion was provided for emergency disaster
assistance.
g. An OMB supplemental request for the Nisqually earthquake could not be identified.
h. The appropriations associated with Hurricane Floyd were not supplemental appropriations but were incorporated into the regular FY2000 appropriations legislation, P.L. 106-74, Department of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000. These data are included because Congress increased FY2000 DRF funding primarily in response
to Hurricane Floyd.
i. The initial Administration request of $687 million was submitted on February 16, 1999 (see discussion in H.Rept. 106-064, p. 7) for relief funding for Hurricanes Georges and Bonnie. However,
additional emergency disaster funding was later sought to address tornado damage and other natural disasters during 1999.
j. Emergency relief funding for flooding caused by Hurricanes Georges and Bonnie was included in P.L. 105-277, the FY2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
k. P.L. 103-211 provided $11.53 billion in DRF appropriations largely in response to the Northridge earthquake in California. See White House press release from FEMA Director James Lee Witt, Jan.
12, 1995, at [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/archives/whitehouse-papers/1995/Jan/1995-01-12-fema-director-witt-on-california-flood-relief.text], visited, Feb. 27, 2007. Administration supplemental
request correspondence to Congress for subsequent funding for Northridge and Oklahoma City could not be identified.
l. An OMB supplemental request or requested Administration funding level for Tropical Storm Alberto could not be identified. Tropical Storm Alberto disaster funding was included in P.L. 103-327,
the FY1995 Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act.
m. The CBO scored supplemental funding as $357.0 million.
n. An OMB supplemental request for Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki could not be identified.
o. An OMB supplemental request for the Los Angeles riots and Chicago flood could not be identified.
p. An OMB supplemental request for Hurricane Hugo and the Exxon Valdez incident could not be identified.
q. No OMB request for this funding could be identified. Disaster funding in P.L. 101-130 was enacted as a continuing resolution, which amended the previous continuing resolution enacted as P.L. 101-
100 to extend its provision until November 15, 1989.
r. No request could be identified.
s. An OMB supplemental request for the 1989 fires on federal lands or the requested Administration funding level could not be identified.

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Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
In response to the widespread destruction caused by three catastrophic
hurricanes at the end of the 2005 summer, the 109th Congress enacted four emergency
supplemental appropriations bills.
Two of the statutes were enacted as FY2005 supplementals after Hurricane
Katrina devastated parts of Florida and Alabama and resulted in presidential major
disaster declarations for all jurisdictions in Louisiana and Mississippi. The two
supplementals (P.L. 109-61 and P.L. 109-62) together provided $62.3 billion for
emergency response and recovery needs; most of the funding in these two bills was
provided for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) administered by FEMA.
After Hurricanes Rita and Wilma struck, Congress enacted two other
supplementals; the costs of both were offset by rescissions. The FY2006
appropriations legislation for the Department of Defense (P.L. 109-148) rescinded
roughly $34 billion in funds previously appropriated (almost 70% of which was taken
from funds previously appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security) and
appropriated $29 billion to other accounts primarily to pay for the restoration of
federal facilities damaged by the hurricanes.8 Also in FY2006, Congress agreed to
an Administration request for further funding; $19.3 billion was appropriated in
supplemental legislation (P.L. 109-234) for recovery assistance, with roughly $64
million rescinded from two accounts ($15 million from flood control, Corps of
Engineers, and $49.5 million from Navy Reserve construction, Department of
Defense). On May 25, 2007, the President signed into law P.L. 110-28, which
appropriated $120 billion in emergency supplemental funding for Iraq, Afghanistan,
and other matters, including $6.9 billion for continued Gulf Coast relief. The
measure was a successor to previous emergency supplemental legislation in the 110th
Congress, H.R. 1591, vetoed by the President on May 1, 2007. This is the fifth
supplemental measure enacted containing disaster assistance specifically provided
in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
As a result, the total amount appropriated by Congress in supplemental funding
after the 2005 hurricanes surpassed the $117 billion mark9. Table 2 provides
information on the appropriations made in the five supplementals enacted after
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Table 3 identifies the departments and
agencies from which funds were rescinded in P.L. 109-148.
In addition to these rescissions and appropriations, Congress enacted other
funding changes by transferring $712 million from FEMA to the Small Business
Administration for disaster loans (P.L. 109-174).
8 In requests to Congress, President Bush termed the sequence of events as a “reallocation”
of funds.
9 Table 1 figures in this report indicate appropriations for all disaster relief in the bill, which
is approximately $7.7 billion. Table 2 figures in this report indicate appropriations for Gulf
Coast relief in response to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma of approximately $6.9
billion.

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Table 2. FY2005-FY2007 Supplemental Disaster Appropriations After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
(thousands of dollars)
FY2005
FY2006
FY2007
Department
P.L. 109-61
P.L. 109-62
P.L. 109-148
P.L. 109-234
P.L. 110 -28
Agriculture

$1,183,000
a $152,000
Commerce
$55,000
$150,000
$110,000
Defense-Military
$500,000
$1,400,000
$5,754,000
b$1,488,000
Defense-Civil/Corps of Engineers
$400,000
$2,900,000
c$3,686,000
$1,433,000
Education and related agencies
$1,600,000
$285,000
$60,000
Health and Human Services
$640,000
$12,000
Homeland Security
$10,000,000
$50,000,000
$285,000
$6,662,000
$4,110,000
Housing and Urban Development
$11,890,000
$5,200,000
$7,000
Interior
$70,000
$256,000
$10,000
Justice
$229,000
$9,000
$50,000
Labor
$125,000
$16,000
Transportation
$2,798,000
d $702,000
$906,020
Veterans Affairs
$658,000
$586,000
$14,500
Agencies
Armed Forces Retirement Home
$176,000
Corporation for National and Community Service
$10,000
Environmental Protection Agency
$8,000
$13,000
General Services Administration
$38,000
$37, 000
Historically Black Colleges Capital Financing
$15 000
National Aeronautics and Space Admin.
$350,000
$35,000
$20,000
The Judiciary
$18,000
Small Business Administration
$446,000
$542,000
$181,070
Total
$10,500,000
$51,800,000
$29,047,000
$19,300,000
$6,901,590
Grand Total
$117,548,590
Source: CRS calculations from amounts presented in P.L. 109-61, P.L. 109-62, P.L. 109-148, P.L. 109-234, P.L. 110-28.
a. Does not include authority for $500 in direct assistance to be drawn from the Commodity Credit Corporation, authorized in Title III of P.L. 109-234.
b. Includes rescissions and military construction accounts.
c. Includes rescissions.
d. Department of Transportation funds derived from Highway Trust Fund rescission.

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Table 3. Rescissions and Offsets, P.L. 109-148
(thousands of dollars)
Department or Agency
Amount Rescinded or Offset
Department of Agriculture
$66,100
Department of Defense
$80,000
Export-Import Bank
$25,000
Department of Homeland Security
$23,669,833
Department of the Interior
$3,500
Department of Commerce
$7,000
Department of State
$30,000
Department of Transportation
$1,143,000
Government-wide a
$9,045,998
Total
$34,070,431
Source: CRS calculation of rescissions and offsets presented in Division B, Title III, conference
report H.Rept. 109-359 to accompany H.R. 2863.
a. Data for the 1% rescission obtained from Letter from Joshua Bolten, Director, Office of
Management and Budget, to Senator Thad Cochran, Chairman, Senate Appropriations
Committee, Feb. 8, 2006, at [http://www.cq.com/flatfiles/editorialFiles/budgetTracker/
reference/docs/20060213omboneperc.pdf].

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Selected CRS Reports
CRS Report RL33330. Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster
Relief and Recovery, by Eugene Boyd.
CRS Report RL31999. Disaster Relief and Response: FY2003 Supplemental
Appropriations, by Keith Bea.
CRS Report RL33053. Federal Stafford Act Disaster Assistance: Presidential
Declarations, Eligible Activities, and Funding, by Keith Bea.
CRS Report RL33900. FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign
Affairs, and Other Purposes, by Stephen Daggett, Amy Belasco, Pat Towell,
Susan Epstein, Connie Veillette, Curt Tarnoff, and Rhoda Margesson.
CRS Report RL33298. FY2006 Supplemental Appropriations: Iraq and Other
International Activities; Additional Hurricane Katrina Relief, coordinated by
Paul Irwin and Larry Nowels.
CRS Report RL32783. FY2005 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and
Afghanistan, Tsunami Relief, and Other Activities, by Amy Belasco and Larry
Nowels.
CRS Report RL32581. Supplemental Appropriations for the 2004 Hurricanes and
Other Disasters, by Keith Bea and Ralph M. Chite.
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