Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act

Bill: 116-s-534
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-14
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations

Aviation and airports

Border security and unlawful immigration

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Transportation

Disaster relief and insurance

Executive agency funding and structure

Latin America

Mexico

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Transportation programs funding

War and emergency powers

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits transferring certain funds already made available to the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Housing and Urban Development for disaster relief to the planning or construction of new physical barriers along the southwestern U.S. border. The bill also prohibits using national emergency provisions to transfer certain funds already made available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 534 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2019 Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Markey , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Sanders , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Menendez , and Ms. Harris ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To prohibit certain funds from being transferred or reprogrammed to plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier along the southwest border, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act . 2. Prohibition on use of certain funds for a new physical barrier along the Southwest border Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–56 ), the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–72 ), the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ), or the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–254 ) for activities relating to disaster relief or recovery may be transferred or reprogrammed to plan, develop, or construct a new physical barrier along the southwest border of the United States; and (2) none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Corps of Engineers under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ) may be transferred or reprogrammed under section 923 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2293 ).