Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/2810

 119 STAT. 2792

PUBLIC LAW 109–148—DEC. 30, 2005

(2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports for the relevant fiscal year covering such account or item, or for accounts and items not included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted President’s budget). (c) EXCEPTIONS.—This section shall not apply— (1) to discretionary budget authority that has been designated pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006; or (2) to discretionary authority appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs. (d) OMB REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying the account and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this section.

TITLE IV—HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY ACT Subtitle A—Elementary and Secondary Education Hurricane Relief SEC. 101. FINDINGS; DEFINITIONS.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita have had a devastating and unprecedented impact on students who attended schools in the disaster areas. (2) Due to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, a significant number of students have enrolled in schools outside of the area in which they resided, including a significant number of students who enrolled in non-public schools because their parents chose to enroll them in such schools. (3) 372,000 students were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Approximately 700 schools have been damaged or destroyed. Nine States each have more than 1,000 of such displaced students enrolled in their schools. In Texas alone, over 45,000 displaced students have enrolled in schools. (4) In response to these extraordinary conditions, this subtitle creates a one-time only emergency grant for the 2005– 2006 school year tailored to the needs and particular circumstances of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. (5) The level and type of assistance provided under this subtitle, both for students attending public schools and students attending non-public schools, is made available solely because of the unprecedented nature of the crisis, the massive dislocation of students, and the short duration of the services or assistance.

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