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S 4618 116th Congress Senate Emergency Management

Ensuring Relief for Americans Impacted by Economic and Natural Disasters Act, 2020

Introduced: September 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2020
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549.
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Relief for Americans Impacted by Economic and Natural Disasters Act, 2020

This bill provides $86.6 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.

What's happening now September 21, 2020

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549.

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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Sep 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4618: Ensuring Relief for Americans Impacted by Economic and Natural Disasters Act, 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4618/
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"S. 4618: Ensuring Relief for Americans Impacted by Economic and Natural Disasters Act, 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4618/.
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