HCONRES 196
99th Congress
House
Emergency Management
American economic assistance
Congress and Members of Congress
Disaster relief
Disasters
Disasters and Disaster Relief
Earthquakes
International Affairs
Legislation
Mexico
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress in support of the provision of disaster assistance for the victims of the earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 1985.
Introduced: September 20, 1985
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Sep 20, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 20, 1985
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President, if the Government of Mexico requests such assistance, should: (1) use existing funds available to the Department of State and the Agency for International Development, including the "borrowing" authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to provide disaster relief for the victims of the earthquake in Mexico on September 19, 1985; and (2) submit a request to the Congress for the authorization and appropriation of such additional disaster assistance as may be necessary. Declares that the Congress will give expeditious consideration to any such request for disaster assistance to Mexico.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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