AUSTIN -- The federal government will pay Hurricane Ike debris-removal costs in Texas for six more months, but Gov. Rick Perry’s office said Wednesday the extension isn’t enough.

The Bush administration late Wednesday announced the extension of 100 percent cleanup payments, for eligible areas, from the devastating Sept. 13 hurricane.

Perry has criticized the federal government’s response to debris removal from affected counties.

“The federal government’s announcement to provide only a small fraction of the assistance Texas requested is unacceptable,” governor’s spokeswoman Allison Castle said in an e-mail. “The governor made a very reasonable request, that Texas be treated no less than Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, and this doesn’t even come close.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency typically pays 75 percent of cleanup costs, with local governments responsible for the rest. Texas officials have estimated cleanup costs from Ike total $2 billion.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, applauded the federal extension as a way to take a step toward a return to normal in the region.

“In the wake of such massive devastation, even a minimal local match would exceed a Hurricane-strapped county’s entire annual budget—and that’s just to remove debris,” Brady said.

FEMA previously approved three requests from Texas to pay 100 percent of eligible cleanup costs, which covered the first 44 days following the storm.

The Governor’s Commission for Disaster Recovery and Renewal, made up of private and public officials, will oversee coastal rebuilding from Ike. Perry wants the panel to report, by June 30, on recommendations for responding to future storms.