[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S383]
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  SA 4255. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 7148, making further consolidated appropriations 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In title V of Division H, insert after section 554 the 
     following:
       Sec. 555.
       (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), not later than 5 
     business days after the date on which the Administrator of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency designates an 
     application for an award under section 404 or 408 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c, 5174) using amounts made available 
     under this Act as pending approval by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary''), the Secretary shall obligate the amounts for 
     that application.
       (b) The Secretary may withhold an obligation described in 
     subsection (a) if, during the 5 business day-period following 
     the date described in subsection (a), the Secretary submits 
     to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 
     certification detailing specific and evidence-based findings 
     of material fraud or legal ineligibility that preclude 
     immediate obligation.
       (c) Subsection (a) shall not apply during a period in which 
     the Secretary determines that the amounts available in the 
     Disaster Relief Fund are insufficient to comply with the 
     requirements under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
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