USA FIRST Act

Bill: 119-hr-1370
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-14
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Unobligated Spending Adjustment to Focus Investment on Relief and Support for Taxpayers Act or the USA FIRST Act</strong></p><p>This bill transfers unobligated funds previously appropriated to the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) for general disaster relief for major disasters declared by the President. The&nbsp;DRF is managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the activities it funds pursuant to major disaster declarations include domestic disaster response, recovery, and mitigation.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1370 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2025 Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Norman , and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To transfer unobligated funds from the United States Agency for International Development to the Disaster Relief Fund.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Unobligated Spending Adjustment to Focus Investment on Relief and Support for Taxpayers Act or the USA FIRST Act . 2. Transfer of unobligated funds to the disaster relief fund (a) In general Any unobligated covered funds shall be transferred to the Disaster Relief Fund to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ) with respect to major disasters declared under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ). (b) Covered funds defined In this section, the term “covered funds” means any unobligated funds previously appropriated to the United States Agency for International Development, as of the date of enactment of this Act.