[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4498-S4499]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1193. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the end of division C, add the following:

                                TITLE V

            SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                          disaster relief fund

     For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief Fund'', 
     $20,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     major disasters declared pursuant to section 401 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5170):  Provided, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading, not more than $500,000,000 may be used 
     for all purposes authorized under such Act and may be used in 
     addition to amounts designated by the Congress as being for 
     disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)):  Provided further, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(A)):  Provided further, That such amount shall be 
     available only if the President designates such amount as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to such section 251(b)(2)(A).

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                       Community Development Fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

     For an additional amount for ``Community Development Fund'', 
     $5,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
     same purposes and under the same terms and conditions as 
     funds appropriated under such heading in title VIII of the 
     Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
     Law 117-43; 135 Stat. 355), except that such amounts shall be 
     for major disasters that occurred in 2023 or 2024 and the 
     fourth, 20th, and 21st provisos under such heading in such 
     Act shall not apply:  Provided, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for capacity building and technical assistance, 
     including assistance on contracting and procurement 
     processes, to support States, units of general local 
     government, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that 
     receive allocations related to major disasters under this 
     heading in this Act or any Act enacted before or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
     be transferred, in aggregate, to ``Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development--Program Office Salaries and Expenses--
     Community Planning and Development'' for necessary costs, 
     including information technology costs, of administering and 
     overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act or any Act enacted 
     before or after the date of enactment of this Act that makes 
     amounts available for purposes related to major disasters 
     under such heading:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading in this Act, $3,000,000 
     shall be transferred in aggregate to ``Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development--Office of Inspector General'' for 
     necessary costs of overseeing and auditing funds amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in 
     this Act or any Act enacted before or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act that makes amounts available for 
     purposes related to major disasters under such heading:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     section and under such heading in such Act may be used by a

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     grantee to assist utilities as part of a disaster-related 
     eligible activity under section 105(a) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)):  
     Provided further, That the Secretary's determination of unmet 
     needs should consider the best available data on the total 
     cost to reconstruct destroyed properties:  Provided further, 
     That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     Small Business Administration

                     Disaster Loans Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

      For an additional amount for ``Disaster Loans Program 
     Account'' for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 
     7(b) of the Small Business Act, $98,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, which may be transferred to and 
     merged with ``Salaries and Expenses'' for administrative 
     expenses to carry out the disaster loan program authorized by 
     section 7(b) of the Small Business Act:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).

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