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Publication Date: September 2005
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Environment
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This memorandum is in response to your request tht we examine “the applicable law and legal requests pertaining to Hurrican Katrina, and confirm whether or not the necessary steps were taken to give the Federal Government in general, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in particular, the legal authority needed to act to save lives and mitigate the damage stemming from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.†Released by Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (MI)