MS HR6

Urges the U.S. Congress to enact legislation appropriating $60.4 billion in federal resources requested by the President to aid Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts along the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine.

References Hurricane Sandy's devastation in late October 2012, which caused approximately $36.9 billion in damage in New Jersey alone, along with hundreds of thousands of damaged homes and businesses and tens of billions in total economic losses.

Draws parallel to Mississippi's experience with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when Congress appropriated $62 billion in emergency assistance within two weeks, establishing precedent for swift bipartisan disaster relief.

Calls for Congress to put aside partisanship and regional isolationism to continue its historical practice of expeditiously assisting states recovering from natural disasters.

Directs distribution of the resolution to the President, congressional leadership, Mississippi's congressional delegation, and the Capitol Press Corps.