Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4667
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2017-12-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Alabama
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Atmospheric science and weather
Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Building construction
California
Caribbean area
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Charitable contributions
Child safety and welfare
Coast guard
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Customs enforcement
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Floods and storm protection
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food assistance and relief
Forests, forestry, trees
General Services Administration
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Infrastructure development
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Legal Services Corporation
Livestock
Louisiana
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Medical education
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Mississippi
Mississippi River
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Pollution liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Puerto Rico
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Service animals
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Strategic materials and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Tax treatment of families
Temporary and part-time employment
Texas
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' medical care
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: 
DIVISION A--DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
 

Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017 

 
This division provides $81 billion in FY2018 emergency appropriations to several federal agencies for disaster assistance related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria; and wildfires that occurred in 2017. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)
 
DIVISION B--DISASTER RECOVERY REFORM ACT 
 
This division amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to modify the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster response and recovery programs. 
 
DIVISION C--OTHER MATTERS 
 
This division amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to designate cottonseed as a covered commodity beginning with the 2018 crop year. (Producers of covered commodities are eligible for Department of Agriculture [USDA] price and income support programs such as the Price Loss Coverage program.) 
 
It also amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to remove the $20 million cap on annual expenditures for livestock producers under the federal crop insurance program. 
 
The bill requires all states to participate in USDA's National Accuracy Clearinghouse, which is a database for states to use to prevent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) participants from receiving duplicative benefits in multiple states. (The clearinghouse is currently a pilot program with five participating states.)
 
DIVISION D--BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
 
This division exempts the budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) and other budget enforcement rules. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291.
action_date: 2018-01-03
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 169 (Roll no. 709). (text: CR H10364-10385)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251 - 169 (Roll no. 709).(text: CR H10364-10385)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10403-10404)
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further consideration of H.R. 4667 was postponed.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4667.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: On question of consideration of the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION - The Chair announced that the bill contained an emergency designation pursuant to section 4(g)(1) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and accordingly, the Chair would put the question of consideration under section 4(g)(2) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 670. (consideration: CR H10364-10394)
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Introduced in House