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HR 6890 110th Congress House

To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane…

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Official title: To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 15, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Education of the disadvantagedElementary and secondary educationElementary educationEmergency ManagementFederal aid to educationFloodsGovernment Operations and PoliticsHurricanesIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLouisianaMidwest (U.S.)MississippiSecondary educationSocial WelfareStorms
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2008
Became Public Law No: 110-366.
Oct 8, 2008
Signed by President.
Sep 29, 2008
Presented to President.
Sep 26, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 25, 2008
Cleared for White House.
Sep 25, 2008
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9551)
Sep 25, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9551)
Sep 22, 2008
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Sep 22, 2008
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Sep 22, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 22, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8525-8526)
Sep 22, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8525-8526)
Sep 22, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6890.
Sep 22, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8525-8527)
Sep 22, 2008
Mrs. Davis (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 15, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 15, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 2008

Became Public Law No: 110-366.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House of Representatives on September 22, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, title IV of division B of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, with respect to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief.

Extends through FY2009 the authority of the Secretary of Education, in providing any grant or other assistance to an entity in a state which in 2005 suffered a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, to waive or modify, in order to ease fiscal burdens, any elementary and secondary education assistance requirement relating to: (1) maintenance of effort; (2) use of federal funds to supplement, not supplant, non-federal funds; or (3) any non-federal share or capital contribution required to match federal funds.

Protects local educational agencies that serve areas in which a major disaster has been declared in 2008 related to severe storms, tornadoes, or flooding in the Midwest or hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, from experiencing a FY2009 reduction of school improvement funds under part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Sep 22, 2008
Cazayoux, Donald
· Sep 15, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6890: To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6890/
MLA
"H.R. 6890: To extend the waiver authority for the Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109-148, relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6890/.
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H.R. 6890, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6890/.
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