The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 () is a federal law in the United States that reformed disaster preparedness and response, and the activities of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Ex ...
. It was passed after public dissatisfaction with the federal response to
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It was signed by President
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
on October 4, 2006.
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United States federal law
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Effects of Hurricane Katrina
2006 in American law
Acts of the 109th United States Congress