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Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act

Introduced: February 14, 2019 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Feb 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 14, 2019
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Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act

This bill prohibits transferring certain funds already made available to the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Housing and Urban Development for disaster relief to the planning or construction of new physical barriers along the southwestern U.S. border. The bill also prohibits using national emergency provisions to transfer certain funds already made available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

What's happening now February 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1214 Related bill Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Feb 14, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 14, 2019
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 14, 2019
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 534: Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-534/
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"S. 534: Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-534/.
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S. 534, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-534/.
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