S 1720
109th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Alabama
Appropriations
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Floods
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Waste in government spending
Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Deterrence Act of 2005
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 19, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10189)
Sep 19, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Deterrence Act of 2005 - Prescribes penalties to be imposed for any violation of the federal criminal code involving funds appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina that shall be in addition to any other penalty authorized for such violation.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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