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HR 1542 108th Congress House Emergency Management Crime and Law Enforcement Disaster loans Disaster relief EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Income tax Interest International Affairs Local finance Local taxation New York City New York State September 11, 2001 State finance

Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003

Introduced: April 1, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Apr 2, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Apr 1, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 1, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) authorize the President to make community disaster loans to State governments; (2) eliminate the $5 million limit on the amount of any such loan; and (3) prohibit the President from requiring the payment of any interest or principal on such a loan made to a State or local government which may suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenues as a result of a major disaster caused by a terrorist attack. Provides that this Act shall apply to any major disaster occurring on or after October 30, 2000.

Authorizes the President to make community disaster loans to New York City and the State of New York for tax and other revenue losses as a result of the major disaster caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Provides that the total amount of such loans shall be $8.8 billion or such greater amount as is determined by the President to be necessary to cover such losses. Prohibits the President from requiring the payment of any interest or principal on such loans.

What's happening now April 2, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 1, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1542: Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1542/
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"H.R. 1542: Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1542/.
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H.R. 1542, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1542/.
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