[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 54 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2095-S2096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 217. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 201 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 268, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. BUDGETING FOR DISASTERS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Budgeting for Disasters Act''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall--
       (1) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) apply with respect to fiscal year 2021, and each fiscal 
     year thereafter.
       (c) Repeal of Exemption for Disaster Spending From the 
     Annual Budget Caps.--Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking subparagraph (D); and
       (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as 
     subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively.
       (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 904) is amended--

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       (A) in subsection (e), by striking the second sentence; and
       (B) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``, including a 
     final estimate of the adjustment for disaster funding''.
       (2) The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-154; 105 Stat. 990) 
     is amended--
       (A) in title I in the matter under the heading ``DEPARTMENT 
     OF THE INTERIOR'' under the heading ``Bureau of Land 
     Management'' under the heading ``emergency department of the 
     interior firefighting fund'' (43 U.S.C. 1474a), by striking 
     ``: Provided further'' and all that follows and inserting a 
     period; and
       (B) in title II in the matter under the heading 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'' under the heading ``Forest 
     Service'' under the heading ``emergency forest service 
     firefighting fund'' (16 U.S.C. 556e) by striking ``: Provided 
     further'' and all that follows and inserting a period.
       (3) Section 430(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189h(c)(1)) 
     is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (F), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
       (B) by striking subparagraph (H).
       (4) The matter under the heading ``Disaster Relief'' under 
     the heading ``FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY'' under 
     chapter II of title I of the Dire Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations and Transfers for Relief From the Effects of 
     Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for 
     Incremental Cost of ``Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm'' 
     Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 5302) is amended by striking ``: 
     Provided further,'' and all that follows and inserting a 
     period.
       (5) Section 2602(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)) is amended by 
     striking the second sentence.
       (6) Section 104(a) of the Wildfire Suppression Funding and 
     Forest Management Activities Act (43 U.S.C. 17648a-2(a)) is 
     amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking 
     ``section 251(b)(2)(F)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(F)(i)), as added by section 102 of this division'' 
     and inserting ``section 251(b)(2)(E)(i) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(E)(i))''.
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