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Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2018

Introduced: January 11, 2018 Introduced by: Plaskett, Stacey E. Democratic · Virgin Islands See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jan 12, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jan 11, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2018

This bill provides for additional disaster-recovery assistance and other assistance to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with respect to infrastructure, health care, agriculture, education, economic development, and environmental remediation, among other sectors. Specifically, regarding both territories, the bill:

  • provides for the use of certain emergency assistance to rebuild electric grids;
  • establishes grant programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy;
  • subject to oversight requirements, increases funding for transportation infrastructure, telecommunications systems, housing, and community development;
  • increases funding for Medicaid and Medicare;
  • temporarily increases social-services block-grant allotments;
  • increases funding for, and otherwise revises, rural and agricultural programs;
  • increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs;
  • provides for aid to the Head Start program, elementary and secondary education programs, and higher education programs;  
  • increases funding for training and employment services;
  • modifies provisions concerning unemployment assistance, taxation, and federal permitting;
  • increases funding for economic and community development programs;
  • increases funding for environmental remediation;
  • requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress a disaster-relief plan; and
  • otherwise modifies provisions related to emergency funding and disaster-recovery assistance.

In addition, the bill:

  • extends Medicaid waiver authority to all territories, provides for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotments to the territories, and otherwise revises the Medicaid and Medicare programs with respect to the territories;
  • provides for health-insurance coverage for individuals residing in territories without health exchanges;
  • extends participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Supplemental Security Income Program to all territories;
  • modifies provisions concerning the earned-income tax credit and the child tax credit with respect to the territories; and 
  • modifies provisions concerning the application of certain workers' protections in Puerto Rico.
What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 17
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13