Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-180
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
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: 2023-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 180 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 2023 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 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.