Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-662
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2023-01-31
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Floods and storm protection

Intergovernmental relations

Natural disasters

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Under the order of 10/24/23, having not achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 53. Record Vote Number: 285.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide as block grants to states and territories certain funding available to assist agricultural producers with losses due to droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022.</p>

action_date: 2023-05-22
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide as block grants to states and territories certain funding available to assist agricultural producers with losses due to droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022.</p>

action_date: 2023-06-12
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide as block grants to states and territories certain funding available to assist agricultural producers with losses due to droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022.</p> <p>The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule. (This excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of enforcing the PAYGO rules.) </p>

tv_txt: IIB 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 662 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 13, 2023 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations AN ACT To amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 . 2. Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 amendment Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328 ), is amended, in the matter under the heading Office of the Secretary under the heading Processing, Research and Marketing under the heading AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS under the heading DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , by inserting : Provided further , That the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance for losses described under this heading in this Act in the form of block grants to eligible States and territories before the period at the end. 3. Emergency designation (a) In general This Act and the amendments made by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). (b) Designation in Senate In the Senate, this Act and the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2023. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 662 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 . 2. Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 amendment Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328 ), is amended, in the matter under the heading Office of the Secretary under the heading Processing, Research and Marketing under the heading AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS under the heading DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , by inserting : Provided further , That the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance for losses described under this heading in this Act in the form of block grants to eligible States and territories before the period at the end. 3. Emergency designation (a) In general This Act and the amendments made by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). (b) Designation in Senate In the Senate, this Act and the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.

Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2023. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 53 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 662 [Report No. 118–73] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2023 Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself and Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture May 22, 2023 Additional sponsors: Mr. Dunn of Florida , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Posey , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Soto , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Steube , Mr. Waltz , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Gimenez , Ms. Lee of Florida , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Moskowitz , Mr. Mills , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Mast , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Bean of Florida , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Gaetz , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Frost , Ms. De La Cruz , Mr. Valadao , and Ms. Perez May 22, 2023 Reported from the Committee on Agriculture ; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 . 2. Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 amendment Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328 ), is amended, in the matter under the heading Office of the Secretary under the heading Processing, Research and Marketing under the heading AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS under the heading DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , by inserting : Provided further , That the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance for losses described under this heading in this Act in the form of block grants to eligible States and territories before the period at the end.

May 22, 2023 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 662 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2023 Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida (for himself and Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 . 2. Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 amendment Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328 ), is amended, in the matter under the heading Office of the Secretary under the heading Processing, Research and Marketing under the heading AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS under the heading DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , by inserting : Provided further , That the Secretary of Agriculture may provide assistance for losses described under this heading in this Act in the form of block grants to eligible States and territories before the period at the end.