To direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide a grant to the Port of New Orleans to mitigate increased costs resulting from the loss of deep draft navigation access to certain facilities at the Port in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

SA 3752. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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Economic Development Administration

For an additional amount for the mitigation of increased costs resulting from the loss of deep draft navigation access to certain facilities at the Port of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, to be provided by the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, to the Port of New Orleans in the form of a grant: Provided, That the Secretary shall administer the grant under this section in accordance with section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149): Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.