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HR 4277 111th Congress House

To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

Introduced: December 16, 2009 See on congress.gov
Education AlabamaDisaster relief and insuranceEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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Jan 4, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Dec 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Dec 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 4, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 to extend, through FY2010, the authority of the Secretary of Education to waive or modify certain requirements relating to maintenance of effort, supplementary use of funds, and matching funds in providing assistance to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and, through them, to local educational agencies and non-public elementary and secondary schools serving areas in which a major disaster was declared relating to Hurricane Katrina or Rita.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Dec 16, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Dec 10, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4277: To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4277/
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"H.R. 4277: To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4277/.
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H.R. 4277, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4277/.
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[H.R. 4277: To authorize the Secretary of Education to continue to waive certain requirements in order to ease fiscal burdens in States affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4277/)
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