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H.R. 4008 115th Congress House

Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017

Official title: Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtCaribbean areaDepartment of Agriculture
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Department of Homeland SecurityDepartment of the InteriorDisaster relief and insuranceExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)FiresFloods and storm protectionFood assistance and reliefForests, forestry, treesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesNatural disastersNutrition and dietPuerto RicoU.S. territories and protectorates
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Oct 11, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 11, 2017
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 Latest action October 11, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017

This bill provides $36.5 billion in FY2018 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior for relief and recovery efforts in response to recent hurricanes and wildfires.

For FEMA, the bill provides: (1) $18.67 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund, of which up to $4.9 billion may be transferred to the Community Disaster Loan Program for direct loans to assist local governments in providing essential services as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria; and (2) $16 billion in debt relief for the National Flood Insurance Program.

The bill also provides $576.5 million to the Forest Service and Interior for wildfire suppression activities.

USDA may use up to $1.27 billion of funds previously provided for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) contingency reserve to provide a grant to Puerto Rico for disaster nutrition assistance in response to the presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies.

The bill designates the funds as emergency requirements. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4008: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4008/
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