House passes $19 billion disaster aid bill, Trump expected to sign it

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post



The House passed a long-delayed aid bill on Monday that will send $19.1 billion to states and territories hit by flooding, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters in recent months.

The legislation passed by a wide bipartisan margin and now goes to President Trump. The president has described the bill as “great” and is expected to sign it. The vote ended a months-long saga on Capitol Hill as the disaster bill, typically a bipartisan affair, fell victim to grinding delays.

The legislation languished for months as Trump and Democrats fought over aid to Puerto Rico, which will ultimately receive more than $1 billion in the bill. There were also internal squabbles among Republicans, a fight over immigration and, finally, after the Senate passed the bill last month, objections by a small handful of conservatives in the House who prevented the bill from passing while Congress was out of town for Memorial Day.

As the months passed, additional natural disasters hit the United States and the bill had to be rewritten to address some of them, particularly the flooding in the Midwest. In its final form, the legislation will fund numerous federal programs that provide aid and rebuilding assistance to local communities, farmers, service members and others nationwide.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-to-pass-19-billion-disaster-aid-bill-and-send-it-to-trump/2019/06/03/c77c5fcc-8628-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html

[Phoenix61]

1. Yeah!!! nt

[BumRushDaShow]

2. The sad thing about this whole thing is

that this $$$ is for disasters that happened months and months ago and in a couple cases, a year ago. The most recent people being flooded out right now in the MW are probably not even covered.

I'm on the FEMA Disaster notification email list and the last one approved was May 21st -

Major Disaster Declaration FEMA-4435-DR-MO Approved
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
<[e-mail]>
5/21/2019 5:27 AM
To xxxxxxxxx


FEMA-4435-DR-MO

• The President approved a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Missouri on May 20, 2019
• For severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding that occurred March 11 to April 16, 2019
• Provides:
○ Public Assistance for Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Carroll, Chariton, Holt, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Platte, Ray, and Ste. Genevieve Counties
○ Hazard Mitigation statewide

• The FCO is Seamus K. Leary

SUMMARY 4435-DR.pdf

[catrose]

3. Never forget Chip Roy (TX), John Rose (TN), and Thomas Massie (KY) who blocked its earlier passage

[ancianita]

4. He took months to help his base. Just because he could.

[jmowreader]

5. Where can I find a copy of this bill?

I need to find out if there’s language in it allowing Trump to divert any of this money to vanity projects.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Links (the Senate-amended bill passed the House as of yesterday and is awaiting signature)

Here is a PDF - https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2157/BILLS-116hr2157eas.pdf

This link has the history of the bill - https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2157