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Week Ending September 30, 2005

S.RES.251 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should ensure that Federal response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina include consideration for animal rescue and care.

BRIEF

  The Resolution comes without a preamble and reads as follows:

“Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, in order to efficiently coordinate and respond to the growing crisis represented by the large number of animals left behind in the Gulf Coast region, the President should ensure that the Federal response and recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina include consideration for animal rescue and care.”

Sponsor: Senator John Ensign (R-NV)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent September 27, 2005.

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost.

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