Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006.>> assembled,
This Act may be cited as the ``Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006''.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under section 410(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177(a)) as a result of a disaster declaration made for Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita on or after August 29, 2005, the President shall make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the disaster declaration.
Approved March 6, 2006.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1777: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 152 (2006): Feb. 15, considered and passed Senate. Mar. 2, considered and passed House, amended. Mar. 3, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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