Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act

Bill: 113-s-1560
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-09-30
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations

Colorado

Disaster relief and insurance

Floods and storm protection

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-30
text: Held at the desk.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to obligate up to $450 million of the amounts made available to carry out federal-aid highways emergency relief under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A, title X, chapter 9 of P.L. 113-2) under the heading &quot;Federal Highway Administration--Federal-Aid Highways--Emergency Relief Program&quot; for emergency relief projects in Colorado arising from damage caused by flooding events in 2013.</p>

action_date: 2013-09-30
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to obligate up to $450 million of the amounts made available to carry out federal-aid highways emergency relief under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A, title X, chapter 9 of P.L. 113-2) under the heading &quot;Federal Highway Administration--Federal-Aid Highways--Emergency Relief Program&quot; for emergency relief projects in Colorado arising from damage caused by flooding events in 2013.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1560 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30, 2013 Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed A BILL To allow certain emergency relief amounts to be made available to the Federal Highway Administration to use for disasters occurring in calendar year 2013.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act . 2. Emergency relief projects (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than $450,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out section 125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ; 127 Stat. 34) under the heading Emergency Relief Program under the heading Federal-aid Highways under the heading Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage caused by flooding events in that State in calendar year 2013. (b) Emergency Designation for Congressional Enforcement In the Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. (c) Emergency Designation for Statutory PAYGO This Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–139 ; 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ).

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1560 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To allow certain emergency relief amounts to be made available to the Federal Highway Administration to use for disasters occurring in calendar year 2013.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act . 2. Emergency relief projects (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than $450,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out section 125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ; 127 Stat. 34) under the heading Emergency Relief Program under the heading Federal-aid Highways under the heading Federal Highway Administration for emergency relief projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage caused by flooding events in that State in calendar year 2013. (b) Emergency Designation for Congressional Enforcement In the Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010. (c) Emergency Designation for Statutory PAYGO This Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–139 ; 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ).

Passed the Senate September 30, 2013. Secretary