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CRS Issue Statement on Disaster Assistance and Recovery (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 8, 2010
Report Number IS40290
Authors Francis X. McCarthy, Coordinator, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The 111th Congress may elect to reconsider existing policies related to disaster assistanceand recovery programs that have been adjusted several times and debated in investigatoryhearings during the first session of this Congress, and previously in the 110th Congress.Congress may wish to work in concert with the Administration to establish comprehensivelegislative priorities consistent with a new direction that clarifies the federal role in housing andlong-term community recovery while also working to complete the Hurricane Katrina recoverywork in an expedited manner.