October 4, 2006:
Among the provisions of Public Law 109-295: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007, was the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (PKEMRA). This act “provided important provisions, including the key principle that after a major disaster or emergency declaration accelerated Federal assistance could be sent by FEMA, in the absence of a specific request by a State, to save lives and prevent suffering. — FEMA
Related Resources:
- Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
- Serial No. 112-53: Five Years Later: An Assessment of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, October 25, 2011
- FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-230.D, Fundamentals of Emergency Management
- HSDL search results for “Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006”