To provide emergency funding for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

SA 1661. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kerry,
and Mr. Reed) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2862, making
appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and
Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of the bill, insert the following:

TITLE VII--EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA.

In addition to amounts otherwise provided for in this Act,
the following amounts are appropriated for fiscal year 2006
and designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress):
(1) Enhancing state and local law enforcement.--
$1,000,000,000 to the Community Oriented Policing Services
function in the following amounts:
(A) $700,000,000 added to the Hiring section.
(B) $300,000,000 to the Interoperable Communications
Technology section.
(2) Assisting children impacted by hurricane katrina.--
Under the Missing Children Program, $10,000,000 to the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to find,
unite, and transport children impacted by Hurricane Katrina
to their parents, legal guardian, or next of kin.
(3) Assisting victims of sexual abuse and domestic
violence.--Under the Violence Against Women Act function,
$8,000,000 for the Office of Violence Against Women to assist
victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in the areas
impacted by Hurricane Katrina in the following amounts:
(A) $2,000,000 for the Rape Abuse and Incest National
Network (RAINN) to rebuild crises centers, provide emergency
counseling services in shelters, provide emergency counseling
services in shelters, provide adequate

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services in communities with evacuees, and provide adequate
short- and long-term support for displaced persons across the
country.
(B) $1,000,000 for nonprofit, nongovernmental statewide
coalitions serving sexual assault victims within the State to
be used to assist victims of sexual assault affected by
Hurricane Katrina as determined by the assessment of
statewide coalitions.
(C) $6,000,000 to be allocated, in consultation with the
Department of Health and Human Services, to nonprofit,
nongovernmental statewide domestic violence coalitions
serving domestic violence programs within the State to be
used to assist victims of domestic violence affected by
Hurricane Katrina as determined by the assessment of the
statewide coalitions, and that the statewide coalitions can
assess those needs.
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