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				Environment & Natural Resources  Disasters & Disaster Assistance   Document Name    Date   Document Type  Leave Bank Program   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis $62 Billion and Counting   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis 2000 Legislative Summary: Fiscal 2000 Supplemental   2000 Legislative Analysis 2002 Legislative Summary: Drought Aid   Dec. 7, 2002 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Disaster Aid Supplementals   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Terrorism Insurance   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2019 Budget: State Department   Mar. 12, 2018 Legislative Analysis Aid Spending Takes Time   Sep. 30, 2013 Legislative Analysis Air Force Faces Texas Firestorm   Jun. 18, 2012 Legislative Analysis Allocation of Security Grants Takes a Long, Bumpy Route Through Four House Panels   Jun. 5, 2004 Legislative Analysis An Infrastructure in Disarray   Oct. 31, 2005 Legislative Analysis Animal Evacuation   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Announcement by President B. Clinton on Southern California Earthquake Area Eligible for Federal Disaster Aid   Jan. 17, 1994 Primary Source Announcement by the American Red Cross Describing Its Relief Efforts in the Aftermath of Hurricane Hugo and the California Earthquake   Dec. 4, 1989 Primary Source Appropriations: Fiscal Year 1998, Supplemental Spending Bill   1998 Legislative Analysis Appropriations: Fiscal Year 1999, Supplemental Spending Bill   1998 Legislative Analysis Appropriators, Hemmed In by Clock, Work to Pass Homeland, Aid Package   Oct. 9, 2004 Legislative Analysis As Puerto Rico Struggles With Recovery Efforts, Debt Problem Looms   Oct. 16, 2017 Legislative Analysis Authorized Flood Projects Often Left High and Dry on Funding   Jun. 11, 2018 Legislative Analysis Bank Disaster Assistance, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 - 1992 Legislative Analysis Bhopal, India, Chemical Disaster     Encyclopedia Entry Brown Explains FEMA's Flaws   Oct. 3, 2005 Legislative Analysis Budget Reconciliation Cuts, Fiscal Year 1984   1984 Legislative Analysis Central Green Co. v. United States   Feb. 21, 2001 Case Summary Congress Moves On Hurricane Relief Measures   Sep. 19, 2005 Legislative Analysis Congress Passes More Katrina Bills   Sep. 26, 2005 Legislative Analysis Congress Scrambles to Rescue Sinking Flood Insurance Program   Jul. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis Conservatives Challenge Rebuild   Sep. 26, 2005 Legislative Analysis Corps Controversy Builds on Gulf Coast   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Crop Insurance, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis Crop Insurance, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Crop Insurance, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Crop Insurance, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill   Apr. 27, 2010 Primary Source Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Report Released   Jan. 11, 2011 Primary Source Democrats Challenge USDA Program Compensating Farmers for Animals Killed in Storms   Dec. 10, 2018 Legislative Analysis Desperate Times in Puerto Rico   Oct. 2, 2017 Legislative Analysis Disaster Aid Tax Relief, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Disaster Assistance   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Disaster Preparedness   Nov. 18, 2005 CQ Researcher Disaster Relief, 1965-1968 Legislative Chronology   1965 - 1968 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1969-1972 Legislative Overview   1969 - 1972 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1973-1974 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 - 1992 Legislative Analysis Disaster Relief, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Disaster-Damaged Public Housing   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Double Disaster: Crops Stored Due to Poor Markets Get Flooded   May 20, 2019 Legislative Analysis Drought, Flood Relief, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Earth Day 2017: Rising Tides Causing Flood of Problems   Apr. 24, 2017 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Aid, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Hazards Reduction, 1982 Legislative Chronology   1982 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Hazards Reduction, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Hazards Reduction, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Hazards, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Hazards, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Preparedness, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Relief for Italy, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Earthquake Research, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 Legislative Analysis Earthquake, Fire Programs, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Earthquakes Devastate Haiti and Chile   Jan. 15, 2010 Primary Source Emergency Disaster Loans, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Emergency Disaster Loans, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Emergency Funds to Be Divided Between Recovery and Retaliation   Sep. 15, 2001 Legislative Analysis Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act     Encyclopedia Entry Energy Decoded: Summer of Storms Tests Energy System Resilience   Nov. 6, 2017 Legislative Analysis Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War, Report of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment   Sep. 12, 1985 Primary Source Environmental Waters Muddied   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Exxon Valdez     Encyclopedia Entry Farm Disaster Assistance, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Farm Disaster Loans, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Farm Disaster Loans, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Farm State Lawmakers Push for Quick Payouts for Animals Killed in Storms   Apr. 8, 2019 Legislative Analysis Federal Disaster Insurance, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Federal Evacuation Role A Post-Katrina Focus   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Federal Flood Insurance Struggles to Stay Afloat   Sep. 4, 2006 Legislative Analysis FEMA Failure a Perfect Storm of Bureaucracy   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Fighting Wildfires, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Fire on the Mountains   Nov. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis Fire Safety, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis First-Responder Debate Replays In House Draft   Jun. 5, 2004 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance     Encyclopedia Entry Flood Insurance Funding   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance Grants   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance, 1967-1968 Legislative Chronology   1967 - 1968 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 Legislative Analysis Flood Insurance, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Flood Victims Assistance, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Flooding and Finger-Pointing   Sep. 19, 2011 Legislative Analysis Floods Devastate Pakistan   Aug. 26, 2010 Primary Source Foreign Disaster Aid, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Forest Fires in Western States Ignite Partisan Debate on Hill   2000 Legislative Analysis Getting Eyes on the Eye of the Storm   Feb. 18, 2013 Legislative Analysis Getting There Quickly Is Guard's Challenge   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis GOP Power Play in Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico   Nov. 27, 2017 Legislative Analysis Government as Insurer: A Role Re-Examined   Mar. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Guatemala Relief, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Gulf States Face Resistance to Tax Relief   Oct. 3, 2005 Legislative Analysis High Hopes For a Gulf Rescue   Feb. 2, 2015 Legislative Analysis Highlights of the $2.3 Trillion Relief Package   Mar. 30, 2020 Legislative Analysis House Acts as Oregon Worries About 'the Big One'   Feb. 19, 2019 Legislative Analysis House Report on the Government Response to Hurricane Katrina   Feb. 15, 2006 Primary Source How the Real Estate Industry Rescued Terrorism Insurance Bill   Aug. 31, 2002 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Evacuation Timeline   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Housing   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Maria's Effects Still Felt at Virgin Islands National Park   Jun. 10, 2019 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Relief Accounting   Oct. 3, 2005 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Relief Highlights   Oct. 16, 2004 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Relief Spurs Bid for Pest Control Funds   Dec. 18, 2017 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Response Inquiries   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Initiatives for Gulf Coast Reconstruction   Sep. 19, 2005 Legislative Analysis Innovation Nation: 3-D Imaging That Can Save Lives   Oct. 2, 2017 Legislative Analysis Insurance Executives Urge U.S. to Backstop Cost of Covering Future Terrorist Attacks   Sep. 29, 2001 Legislative Analysis Japan Responds to Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis   Mar. 11, 2011 Primary Source Katrina Aid Legislation Moves   Oct. 10, 2005 Legislative Analysis Katrina Panel Indicts Response   Feb. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Katrina Squeezes Local Bond Market   Sep. 19, 2005 Legislative Analysis Katrina-Damaged Areas Could Receive More Aid Soon   Oct. 31, 2005 Legislative Analysis Lawmakers See Tsunami Aid As Chance to Boost U.S. Image   Jan. 10, 2005 Legislative Analysis Learning to Sail Past Arctic Peril   Jun. 17, 2013 Legislative Analysis Long After Disasters, Red Tape Leaves Relief Aid Unspent   May 20, 2019 Legislative Analysis Looming Policy Expirations May Help Bush's Terrorism Insurance Plan Overcome Cool Response in Congress   Oct. 20, 2001 Legislative Analysis Love Canal Disaster     Encyclopedia Entry Many Lawmakers Oppose Climate Action Despite Threat to Districts   Oct. 15, 2018 Legislative Analysis Mobile Homes, Flood Insurance, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis National Flood Insurance, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis National Flood Insurance   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis National Flood Insurance   2007 - 2008 Legislative Analysis Natural Disasters: Acts of God or Acts of Man? Report Released by Earthscan, a United Nations-Supported News and Information Service   Nov. 13, 1984 Primary Source Navigating Crossfire On the Gulf Coast   Mar. 6, 2006 Legislative Analysis NOAA on 2011 Extreme Weather   Jun. 14, 2011 Primary Source Nuclear Energy     Encyclopedia Entry Oil Pollution Act and Oil Spills     Encyclopedia Entry Oil-Spill Liability, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Omnibus Drought-Relief Plan Follows White House Blueprint as Shut-Out Democrats Bristle   Feb. 15, 2003 Legislative Analysis Omnibus Farm Bill, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Partisan Finger-Pointing Over Katrina   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Passage of Stopgap Spending Measure Leaves All to Post-Election Omnibus   Oct. 2, 2004 Legislative Analysis Phase Two of Katrina: Rebuild   Sep. 19, 2005 Legislative Analysis Preliminary Findings of House Appropriations Committee Regarding Management of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)   Jun. 22, 1992 Primary Source President B. Clinton's Statement on the Midwest Floods of 1993   Jun. 29, 1993 Primary Source President George Bush on Disaster Relief for Florida and Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew; Insurance Institute Press Release with Preliminary Estimate of $7.3 Billion Insured Losses in Florida   Aug. 24, 1992 Primary Source Presidential Veto Message: Clinton Vtoes Supplemental Disaster Relief, 1997   Jun. 9, 1997 Primary Source Quiet Tension Over Spending   Sep. 15, 2001 Legislative Analysis Rebuilding New Orleans   Feb. 3, 2006 CQ Researcher Recent Natural Disaster Supplementals   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Regional Trauma Centers, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Remarks of President B. Clinton to Residents and Relief Workers on Relief Efforts for the Red River Flood: Grand Forks Air Force Base, MN   Apr. 22, 1997 Primary Source Rental Assistance   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Report of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the Agency for International Development (AID) on the 1986 Gas Eruption and Catastrophic Loss of Life in Cameroon   Jan. 15, 1987 Primary Source Report of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Earthquake in Turkey, August 17, 1999: "Turkey: Earthquake Fact Sheet #6"   Aug. 20, 1999 Primary Source Report of the United Nations (UN) Hurricane Mitch Information Center Report on Damage: "UN Honduras Situation Report No. 1"   Nov. 3, 1998 Primary Source Revamped Agenda Focuses on Relief   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Rising Waters Lead to Rising Insurance Rates   Feb. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis Rivers and Harbors, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Searching for the Right Blueprint   Sep. 12, 2005 Legislative Analysis Senate Passes Bill to Renew Flood Insurance Program   Jun. 19, 2004 Legislative Analysis Senate Seeks Additional Farm Aid   2002 Legislative Analysis Spill's Effects Could Last For Decades   Feb. 2, 2015 Legislative Analysis State and Federal Officials on Hurricane Sandy Damage and Recovery   Oct. 31, 2012 Primary Source Statement by United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights and Report by Secretary-General Envoy Former President Bill Clinton on Recovery after the Indian Ocean Tsunami   Dec. 19, 2005 Primary Source Statements by President George W. Bush on Recovering from Hurricane Katrina   Sep. 15, 2005 Primary Source States Turn to Courts on Flood Insurance Rates   Oct. 28, 2013 Legislative Analysis Supplemental Appropriations: Fiscal Year 1997   1997 Legislative Analysis Supplemental Attracts Riders   Sep. 18, 2004 Legislative Analysis Terrorism Policies: Guarantor Wanted   May 23, 2005 Legislative Analysis The Bush Insurance Proposal   Oct. 20, 2001 Legislative Analysis The Debate Over Flood Insurance Reauthorization Heats Up   Jun. 5, 2017 Legislative Analysis The Economic Effects of the Eruptions of Mt. St. Helens, Report of the U.S. International Trade Commission   Sep. 15, 1980 Primary Source The High Cost of Being a Good Neighbor   Apr. 10, 2006 Legislative Analysis The Hurricane Relief Fund is Ready for Dorian   Sep. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis The State of the Union: FEMA   Jan. 28, 2019 Legislative Analysis Thirty-three Chilean Miners Rescued   Oct. 13, 2010 Primary Source 'This Year We Got Zero Water'   Oct. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis Toxic Chemical Loans, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Toxic Sludge Blankets Hungarian Villages   Oct. 5, 2010 Primary Source UN News Reports on an Undersea Earthquake and Resulting Tsunami that Caused Vast Devastation Across the Indian Ocean Region   Dec. 26, 2004 - Dec. 29, 2004 Primary Source United States v. James: Brief Summary   Jul. 2, 1986 Case Summary 'Vicious Cycle' Hobbles New Orleans Rebuild   Oct. 31, 2005 Legislative Analysis Victims of Withering Drought Join Hurricane Casualties in Aid Package   Oct. 16, 2004 Legislative Analysis Voting Equipment   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Walla Walla Project, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Water, Power, and Flood Control, 1969-1972 Legislative Overview   1969 - 1972 Legislative Analysis White House Says it Will Reinstate Work Rules in Gulf   Oct. 31, 2005 Legislative Analysis Wildfire Funding Strategy Eludes Congress   Oct. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis Wildfires Impact Russia   Jul. 30, 2010 Primary Source Wildfires Spark Movement Toward Public Control of Utilities   Dec. 2, 2019 Legislative Analysis With Border Aid Added, Disaster Bill Is Near   May 20, 2019 Legislative Analysis Withstanding the Storm: Louisiana's Vulnerabilities   May 22, 2006 Legislative Analysis Your Town Wronged by FEMA? Wait a Few Years to Find Out.   May 8, 2017 Legislative Analysis
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