Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit in any bill, joint resolution, or conference report appropriating funds for relief and emergency assistance in response to major disasters the inclusion of any provision which appropriates or otherwise makes available funds for any other purpose.

Bill: 118-hres-47
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-01-20
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution permits Members to object to the consideration of legislation that provides funding for assistance to respond to a major disaster if the legislation also provides funding for any other purpose.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 47 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 20, 2023 Mr. Donalds submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit in any bill, joint resolution, or conference report appropriating funds for relief and emergency assistance in response to major disasters the inclusion of any provision which appropriates or otherwise makes available funds for any other purpose.

1. Limiting scope of measures appropriating funds for disaster relief Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 13. (a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution, or conference report which appropriates or otherwise makes available funds for relief and emergency assistance in response to a major disaster if the bill, joint resolution, or conference report contains any provision which appropriates or otherwise makes available funds for any other purpose. (b) In this clause, the term major disaster has the meaning given such term in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122(2) ). .