Katrina Spending Highlights
By The Associated Press
September 9, 2005, 2:04 PM EDT
Of the $51.8 billion Katrina aid package, $1.8 billion goes for Pentagon deployments and repairs of levees and navigation projects. The remaining $50 billion is budgeted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:
* $23.2 billion for housing aid and grants to individuals.
* $11 billion to be passed to other agencies, including the Army Corps of Engineers and the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services and Transportation.
* $7.7 billion to reimburse state and local governments.
* $1.6 billion for 100,000 temporary housing units.
* $4.6 billion for FEMA logistics, search and rescue and emergency supplies.
* $1.3 billion for other needs such as unemployment insurance, damage inspections, counseling and legal aid.
* $650 million for mitigation activities.
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September 9, 2005, 2:04 PM EDT
Of the $51.8 billion Katrina aid package, $1.8 billion goes for Pentagon deployments and repairs of levees and navigation projects. The remaining $50 billion is budgeted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as follows:
* $23.2 billion for housing aid and grants to individuals.
* $11 billion to be passed to other agencies, including the Army Corps of Engineers and the departments of Defense, Health and Human Services and Transportation.
* $7.7 billion to reimburse state and local governments.
* $1.6 billion for 100,000 temporary housing units.
* $4.6 billion for FEMA logistics, search and rescue and emergency supplies.
* $1.3 billion for other needs such as unemployment insurance, damage inspections, counseling and legal aid.
* $650 million for mitigation activities.
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