The 109th Congress questioned the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after Hurricane Katrina. Congress has called for mandatory reporting from the White House, inspectors general, the Government Accountability Office and others. A common denominator in all of these findings is that some of the losses caused by Katrina were caused, at least in part, by shortcomings within FEMA; such as: questionable leadership decisions, organizational failures, and inadequate legal authorities. As a result of these findings, Congress further used its oversight strategies to reorganize FEMA and restructure how responsibilities were handled following emergencies. Congress passed the Post-Katrina Emergency Reform Act of 2006 to implement these revisions. This recently enacted bill reorganized FEMA, expanded its authority, established new leadership positions and position requirements within FEMA, and imposed new conditions and requirements on the agency's operations. Congress has also used the appropriations process to influence this part of the bureaucracy by adopting supplemental appropriations, one-time waivers of requirements, and temporary appropriations.