Louisiana Emergency Needs Corps of Engineers Authorization Act of 2006

H.R. 4748, the Louisiana Emergency Needs Corps of Engineers Authorization Act of 2006, was designed to accelerate the repair and improvement of flood protection systems in Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The bill would have required the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify and implement projects to reconstruct canals, restore coastal areas, and strengthen existing levees at full federal expense. For affected residents, the bill aimed to provide faster infrastructure recovery and ensured that if the government acquired private property for these projects, owners would be compensated based on the property's value before the hurricane damage occurred.