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HR 5059 116th Congress House Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Government lending and loan guarantees Interest, dividends, interest rates State and local finance State and local government operations

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 13, 2019 Introduced by: Dunn, Neal P. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Nov 13, 2019
Introduced in House
Nov 13, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes the President to reimburse local governments for interest expenses for loans pertaining to disaster relief.

What's happening now November 14, 2019

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5059: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5059/
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"H.R. 5059: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5059/.
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H.R. 5059, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5059/.
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[H.R. 5059: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5059/)
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