A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4552
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-09-09
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Hurricane Laura Recovery Funding Act, 2020</b></p> <p>This bill provides $10 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4552 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 9, 2020 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.

That the following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: Department of Homeland Security Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund (Including transfer of funds) For an additional amount for Disaster Relief Fund $10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That the amount provided herein 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 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) ). This Act may be cited as the Hurricane Laura Recovery Funding Act, 2020 .