To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.

Bill: 117-hr-2019
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Floods and storm protection

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Solid waste and recycling

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands the definition of <i>critical services</i> in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2019 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2021 Miss González-Colón (for herself and Ms. Plaskett ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.

1. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities Section 20601 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ) is amended by inserting , and including, for purposes of this section, solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care, before for the duration .