I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4008 
Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2017 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making additional supplemental appropriations for disaster 
relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2018, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for 
fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’ 
for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $18,670,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be 
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security Of-
fice of Inspector General for audits and investigations re-
lated to disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on 
the Agency’s website not later than 5 days after an award 
of a public assistance grant under section 406 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) that is in excess of $1,000,000, the 
specifics of each such grant award: Provided further, That 
for any mission assignment or mission assignment task 
order to another Federal department or agency regarding 
a major disaster in excess of $1,000,000, not later than 
5 days after the issuance of such mission assignment or 
mission assignment task order, the Administrator shall 
publish on the Agency’s website the following: the name 
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of the impacted State, the disaster declaration for such 
State, the assigned agency, the assistance requested, a de-
scription of the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the 
amount obligated: Provided further, That not later than 
10 days after the last day of each month until a mission 
assignment or mission assignment task order described in 
the preceding proviso is completed and closed out, the Ad-
ministrator shall update any changes to the total cost esti-
mate and the amount obligated: Provided further, That for 
a disaster declaration related to Hurricane Harvey, Hurri-
cane Irma, or Hurricane Maria, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 5 days 
after the first day of each month beginning after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and shall publish on the Agency’s 
website, not later than 10 days after the first day of each 
such month, an estimate or actual amount, if available, 
for the current fiscal year of the cost of the following cat-
egories of spending: public assistance, individual assist-
ance, operations, mitigation, administrative, and any other 
relevant category (including emergency measures and dis-
aster resources): Provided further, That not later than 10 
days after the first day of each month, the Administrator 
shall publish on the Agency’s website the report (referred 
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to as the Disaster Relief Monthly Report) as required by 
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) to be used to assist local 
governments in providing essential services as a result of 
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, or Maria: Provided further, 
That such amounts may subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$4,900,000,000 under section 417 of the Stafford Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 417 of the 
Stafford Act, a territory or possession, and instrumental-
ities and local governments thereof, of the United States 
shall be deemed to be a local government for purposes of 
this paragraph: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 417(b) of the Stafford Act, the amount of any such 
loan issued to a territory or possession, and instrumental-
ities and local governments thereof, may be based on the 
projected loss of tax and other revenues and on projected 
cash outlays not previously budgeted for a period not to 
exceed 180 days from the date of the major disaster, and 
may exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing any other provision of law or the constitution of 
a territory or possession that limits the issuance of debt, 
a territory or possession, and instrumentalities and local 
governments thereof, may each receive more than one loan 
with repayment provisions and other terms specific to the 
type of lost tax and other revenues and on projected 
unbudgeted cash outlays for which the loan is provided: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 417(c)(1) 
of the Stafford Act, loans to a territory or possession, and 
instrumentalities and local governments thereof, may be 
canceled in whole or in part only at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury, shall determine the terms, conditions, eligi-
ble uses, and timing and amount of Federal disbursements 
of loans issued to a territory or possession, and instrumen-
talities and local governments thereof: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided fur-
ther, That FEMA may transfer up to 1.5 percent of the 
amount under this paragraph to the Disaster Assistance 
Direct Loan Program Account for administrative expenses 
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to carry out under this paragraph the direct loan program, 
as authorized by section 417 of the Stafford Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this paragraph 
for transfer, up to $150,000,000 may be transferred to 
the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account for 
the cost to lend a territory or possession of the United 
States that portion of assistance for which the territory 
or possession is responsible under the cost-sharing provi-
sions of the major disaster declaration for Hurricanes 
Irma or Maria, as authorized under section 319 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5162): Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this paragraph for transfer, up to 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance 
Direct Loan Program Account for administrative expenses 
to carry out the Advance of Non-Federal Share program, 
as authorized by section 319 of the Stafford Act. 
The amount provided under this heading is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $184,500,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2021, for urgent wildland fire suppression 
operations: Provided, That such funds shall be solely avail-
able to be transferred to and merged with other appropria-
tions accounts from which funds were previously trans-
ferred for wildland fire suppression in fiscal year 2017 to 
fully repay those amounts: Provided further, That such 
amount 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. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘FLAME Wildfire 
Suppression Reserve Fund’’, $342,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021, for necessary ex-
penses for large wildland fire suppression operations of the 
Department of Agriculture and as a reserve fund for sup-
pression and Federal emergency response activities: Pro-
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vided, That notwithstanding the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 
U.S.C. 1748a(e)), such funds shall be solely available to 
be transferred to and merged with other appropriations 
accounts from which funds were previously transferred for 
wildland fire suppression in fiscal year 2017 to fully repay 
those amounts: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities and 
funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for these 
costs: Provided, That such funds may be available to be 
transferred to and merged with other appropriations ac-
counts to fully repay amounts previously transferred for 
wildland fire suppression: Provided further, That such 
amount 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. 
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TITLE III 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 305. (a)(1) Not later than December 31, 2017, 
in accordance with criteria to be established by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget (referred to 
in this section as ‘‘OMB’’), each Federal agency shall sub-
mit to OMB, the Government Accountability Office, the 
respective Inspector General of each agency, and the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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and the Senate internal control plans for funds provided 
by this Act and division B of 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’’ for purposes of the Improper Pay-
ments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note), 
notwithstanding section 2(a) of such Act. 
(c) Funds for grants provided by this Act or division 
B of Public Law 115–56 shall be expended by the grantees 
within the 24-month period following the agency’s obliga-
tion of funds for the grant, unless, in accordance with 
guidance to be issued by the Director of OMB, the Direc-
tor waives this requirement for a particular grant program 
and submits a written justification for such waiver to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. In the case of such grants, the 
agency shall include a term in the grant that requires the 
grantee to return to the agency any funds not expended 
within the 24-month period. 
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SEC. 306. (a) The first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Com-
munity Planning and Development—Community Develop-
ment Fund’’ in division B of Public Law 115–56 is 
amended by striking ‘‘State or unit of general local gov-
ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local gov-
ernment, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such 
Act. 
SEC. 307. Section 101(a)(7) of division D of Public 
Law 115–56 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017 (division G of Public Law 115–31), except the 
language under the heading ‘FLAME Wildfire Sup-
pression Reserve Fund’ in the Departments of Agri-
culture and the Interior.’’. 
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SEC. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 1309, 1310, 
and 1310a of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4016–4017a) and section 15(e) of the Federal 
Flood Insurance Act of 1956 (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)), and 
any borrowing agreement entered into between the De-
partment of the Treasury and the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, of the indebtedness of the Adminis-
trator under any notes or other obligations issued pursu-
ant to section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) and section 15(e) of the 
Federal Insurance Act of 1956 (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)) that 
is outstanding as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
an amount of $16,000,000,000 is hereby canceled. To the 
extent of the amount canceled, the Administrator and the 
National Flood Insurance Fund are relieved of all liability 
to the Secretary of the Treasury under any such notes 
or other obligations, including for any interest due under 
such notes and any other fees and charges payable in con-
nection with such notes, and the total amount of notes 
and obligations issued by the Administrator pursuant to 
such sections shall be considered to be reduced by such 
amount for the purposes of the limitation on such total 
amount under such section 1309(a). 
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(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 re-
quirement 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 Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 19(a)(2)(B) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028), not to 
exceed $1,270,000,000 of funds made available for the 
contingency reserve under the heading ‘‘Supplemental Nu-
trition Assistance Program’’ of division A of Public Law 
114–113 shall be available for the Secretary to provide 
a grant to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for disaster 
nutrition assistance in response to the Presidentially de-
clared major disasters and emergencies: Provided, That 
funds made available to Puerto Rico under this section 
shall remain available for obligation by the Commonwealth 
until September 30, 2019, and shall be in addition to 
funds otherwise made available: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 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 Manage-
ment Agency. In the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘ad-
vance billing’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2208(l)(4) of title 10, United States Code. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Additional Supple-
mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements 
Act of 2017’’. 
Æ 
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