skip to main content
Hide All The Ads With a Yearly Membership Subscribe ▶

H.R. 152 (113th): Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

React to this bill with an emoji

(About Ads | Hide These Ads)

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes.

The federal budget process occurs in two stages: appropriations and authorizations. This is an appropriations bill, which sets overall spending limits by agency or program, typically for a single fiscal year (October 1 through September 30 of the next year).

Sponsor and status

Photo of sponsor Harold “Hal” Rogers

Harold “Hal” Rogers

Sponsor. Representative for Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Republican.

Thumbnail of bill text
Read Text »
Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013
Length: 47 pages
Introduced
Jan 4, 2013
113th Congress (2013–2015)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 29, 2013

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 29, 2013.

Law
Pub.L. 113-2
Source
Congress.gov

Incorporated legislation

This bill incorporates provisions from:

H.R. 219: Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013

Passed House (Senate next) on Jan 14, 2013. 97% incorporated. (compare text)

(About Ads | Hide These Ads)

History

Dec 28, 2012
 
Earlier Version — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1 (112th).
Jan 4, 2013
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Read Text »

Jan 14, 2013
 
Source Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 219 (113th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 152 (113th).
Jan 15, 2013
 
Rules Change — Agreed To

This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 23 (113th).
Jan 15, 2013
 
Passed House (Senate next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next.

thumbnail image of vote View Vote » Read Updated Text » See Changes »

Jan 28, 2013
 
Passed Senate

The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill.

thumbnail image of vote View Vote » Read Updated Text » See Changes »

Jan 29, 2013
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

H.R. 152 (113th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 152. This is the one from the 113th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 2, 2015. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

How to cite this information.

We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:

“H.R. 152 — 113th Congress: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013.” www.GovTrack.us. 2013. May 29, 2023 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr152>

Where is this information from?

GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.