H.R. 41: Hurricane Sandy relief bill

Introduced:
Jan 03, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ5]
Status:
Signed by the President
Slip Law:
This bill became Pub.L. 113-1.

The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.

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Status

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 6, 2013.

Progress
Introduced Jan 03, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 03, 2013
Passed Senate Jan 04, 2013
Passed House Jan 04, 2013
Signed by the President Jan 06, 2013
Votes

House Vote on Passage
Jan 04, 2013 11:22 a.m.
Passed 354/67

Prognosis

74% chance of being enacted.

Only 28% of House bills that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were enacted. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
44 cosponsors (33D, 11R) (show)
Committees

House Financial Services

House Budget

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Full Title

To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program.

Summary

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Text

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Last updated Apr 04, 2013.
1 pages

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Library of Congress Summary

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1/6/2013--Public Law.
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to increase from $20.725 billion to $30.425 billion the total amount of notes and obligations (federal borrowing authority) which may be issued by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, for the National Flood Insurance program. Designates such increase as an emergency requirement under the the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

House Republican Conference Summary

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This summary can be found at http://www.gop.gov/bill/113/1/hr41.

Background

On December 28, 2012, the Senate passed H.R. 1, with an amendment in nature of a substitute, by a vote of 62 – 32 providing for $60.4 billion in supplemental disaster assistance. 

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) authorized two types of spending to exceed the established spending caps: disaster and emergency.  While emergency spending is not subject to the caps in the BCA, spending for disaster relief is calculated by taking the average of the previous ten years disaster relief spending, excluding the highest and lowest spending years.

Summary

H.R. _____ amends section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program from $20,725,000,000 to $30,425,000,000 ($9.7 billion).

Cost

This amount is designated as an emergency pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

The amounts of new budget authority, outlays, or revenue that result from a provision designated as an emergency in a PAYGO measure are not included in CBO estimates.

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