Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019

Bill: 116-s-572
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2019-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Appropriations
Army Corps of Engineers
Atmospheric science and weather
Aviation and airports
Child safety and welfare
Coast guard
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
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
Economic development
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Family services
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Historic sites and heritage areas
Housing and community development funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Legal Services Corporation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Medical research
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Mississippi River
National Guard and reserves
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
U.S. territories and protectorates
Utah
Veterans' medical care
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: 

Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019

 
This bill provides FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters.
 
The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. 
 
The bill includes appropriations for 
 
 
 the Department of Agriculture, 
 
 the Department of Commerce, 
 
 the Department of Justice, 
 
 the Department of Defense, 
 
 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
 
 the Department of the Interior,
 
 the U.S. Coast Guard, 
 
 the Environmental Protection Agency, 
 
the Forest Service, 
 
the Department of Health and Human Services, 
 
the Department of Labor, 
 
 the Department of Education, 
 
 the Government Accountability Office, 
 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
 
 the Department of Transportation, and 
 
 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate