Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/14/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-14Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- 2019-02-13Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-13Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-02-13Introduced in House
- 2019-02-13Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-13 (00)
Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act of 2019
This bill protects certain funds already appropriated for disaster relief or recovery from being transferred to the planning or construction of a new physical barrier along the southwest border of the United States. Specifically, the bill prohibits the transfer of certain funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Cosponsors (14)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Al Lawson (D-FL)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- War and emergency powers
- Water resources funding
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