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HR 662 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural insurance Disaster relief and insurance Fires Floods and storm protection Intergovernmental relations Natural disasters State and local finance

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Introduced: March 8, 2023 Introduced by: Franklin, Scott Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2023
Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: Under the order of 10/24/23, having not achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 53. Record Vote Number: 285.
Nov 1, 2023
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5284-5285)
Nov 1, 2023
Senate Committee on Appropriations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 1, 2023
Under the order of 10/24/23, having not achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 53. Record Vote Number: 285.
Jun 13, 2023
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Jun 12, 2023
Mrs. Cammack moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 12, 2023
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
Jun 12, 2023
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
Jun 12, 2023
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 662.
Jun 12, 2023
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2803-2805)
Jun 12, 2023
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 22, 2023
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 118-73.
May 22, 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
May 11, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 2023
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
May 11, 2023
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Discharged.
Feb 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Jan 31, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,357 Scott, Rick In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Nov 1, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide as block grants to states and territories certain funding available to assist agricultural producers with losses due to droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022.

The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule. (This excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of enforcing the PAYGO rules.)

What's happening now November 1, 2023

Under the order of 10/24/23, having not achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 53. Record Vote Number: 285.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 116 Related bill The Hurricanes of 2022 Disaster Relief Rectification Act
  • HR 5343 Related bill Federal Disaster Responsibility Act
  • S 2721 Related bill Federal Disaster Responsibility Act
  • S 180 Identical bill Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 28
All 28 Democratic 9 Republican 18
D
Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp
Washington · May 18, 2023
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Apr 25, 2023
 R
De La Cruz, Monica
Texas · Apr 19, 2023
 D
Frost, Maxwell
Florida · Apr 19, 2023
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 13, 2023
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Mar 8, 2023
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Feb 28, 2023
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 28, 2023
 R
Bean, Aaron
Florida · Feb 24, 2023
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 24, 2023
 R
Luna, Anna Paulina
Florida · Feb 24, 2023
 R
Mast, Brian J.
Florida · Feb 24, 2023
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Feb 9, 2023
 R
Mills, Cory
Florida · Feb 9, 2023
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Feb 9, 2023
 D
Moskowitz, Jared
Florida · Feb 8, 2023
 R
Cammack, Kat
Florida · Feb 7, 2023
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Feb 7, 2023
 R
Lee, Laurel M.
Florida · Feb 7, 2023
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Feb 7, 2023
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
Posey, Bill
· Feb 6, 2023
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Feb 6, 2023
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 31, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 662: Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-662/
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