United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery is one of the five subcommittees within the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

The Subcommittee is an "ad hoc" subcommittee, meaning "for this purpose." Ad Hoc committees are created for a single issue, and are disbanded after the issue is resolved. The Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery was formed after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee's jurisdiction as stated by the Senate Rules is:
* Recovery provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Act and the Long-Term Community Recovery and Mitigation Annex (ESF-14) of the National Response Plan;
* Coordination of the long-term recovery plans, activities, and mitigation provided by all federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and State and local governments;
* National disaster recovery strategy and national disaster housing strategy; and
* Coordination of data sharing regarding recovery issues between federal agencies, state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.

Members, 110th Congress

The Subcommittee is chaired by Democrat Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Pete Domenici of New Mexico. [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002929967]

External links

* [http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Subcommittees.Home&SubcommitteeID=13&Initials= Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Disaster Recovery Subcommittee page]