[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2029 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2029

  To appropriate amounts to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                  Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2023

     Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Wicker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To appropriate amounts to carry out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                  Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Relief Fund Replenishment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

    (a) In General.--Out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal year 2023 
$11,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses 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) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--The amounts provided by this section are 
        designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) 
        of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in house and senate.--The amounts provided 
        by this section are designated as being for an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
        (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
        fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th 
        Congress), as engrossed in the House of Representatives on June 
        8, 2022.
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