Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017

Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes, namely: I Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief fund (including transfers of funds) For an additional amount for Disaster Relief Fund 42 U.S.C. 5121 Provided 42 U.S.C. 5172 Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Public Law 114–4 Of the amounts provided in this Act for the Disaster Relief Fund, up to $4,900,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for the cost of direct loans as authorized under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5184 Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further 2 U.S.C. 661a Provided further Provided further 42 U.S.C. 5162 Provided further The amount provided under this heading is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. II Department of Agriculture Forest Service Wildland Fire Management (Including transfer of funds) For an additional amount for Wildland Fire Management Provided Provided further FLAME wildfire suppression reserve fund (Including transfer of funds) For an additional amount for FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund Provided 43 U.S.C. 1748a(e) Provided further Department of the Interior Department-Wide programs Wildland Fire Management (Including transfer of funds) For an additional amount for Wildland Fire Management Provided Provided further III General Provisions 301. Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 303. The terms and conditions applicable to the funds provided in this Act, including those provided by this title, shall also apply to the funds made available in division B of Public Law 115–56 304. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 305. (a) (1) Not later than December 31, 2017, in accordance with criteria to be established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (referred to in this section as OMB Public Law 115–56 (2) Not later than March 31, 2018, the Government Accountability Office shall review for the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate the design of the internal control plans required by paragraph (1). (b) All programs and activities receiving funds under this Act shall be deemed to be susceptible to significant improper payments 31 U.S.C. 3321 (c) Funds for grants provided by this Act or division B of Public Law 115–56 306. (a) The first proviso under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Community Development Fund Public Law 115–56 State or unit of general local government State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5302 (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. 307. Section 101(a)(7) of division D of Public Law 115–56 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division G of Public Law 115–31 FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund . 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1309, 1310, and 1310a of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4016–4017a 42 U.S.C. 2414(e) 42 U.S.C. 4016(a) 42 U.S.C. 2414(e) (b) The amount of the indebtedness canceled under subsection (a) may be treated as public debt of the United States. (c) (1) This section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) (2) The amount provided in this section is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 309. Notwithstanding section 19(a)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2028 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Public Law 114–113 Provided Provided further 310. Notwithstanding section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, during fiscal year 2018, the dollar limitation on advance billing of a customer of a working-capital fund in such section shall not apply with respect to the advance billing of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In the preceding sentence, the term advance billing This Act may be cited as the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017

Summary: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017 This bill provides $36.5 billion in FY2018 emergency supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of the Interior for relief and recovery efforts in response to recent hurricanes and wildfires. For FEMA, the bill provides: (1) $18.67 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund, of which up to $4.9 billion may be transferred to the Community Disaster Loan Program for direct loans to assist local governments in providing essential services as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria; and (2) $16 billion in debt relief for the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill also provides $576.5 million to the Forest Service and Interior for wildfire suppression activities. USDA may use up to $1.27 billion of funds previously provided for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) contingency reserve to provide a grant to Puerto Rico for disaster nutrition assistance in response to the presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies. The bill designates the funds as emergency requirements. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)