HURRICANES related term(s) Disasters

Amendments

Disasters: improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers (H.R. 662), S5195 [25OC], S5284 [1NO]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: extend wildfire and hurricane indemnity program to cover certain crop losses (see H.R. 5621), H4454 [21SE]

Dept. of HUD: establish community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and provide assistance through community development block grant disaster recovery program (see S. 1686), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 5940), H5007 [12OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish airport infrastructure resilience pilot program to fund projects that improve climate resilience and ensure airports can respond to climate change, extreme weather events, and natural disasters (see S. 1055), S1053 [29MR]

——— establish airport infrastructure resilience program to fund projects that improve climate resilience and ensure airports can respond to climate change, extreme weather events, and natural disasters (see H.R. 3896), H2777 [7JN]

Disasters: extend provision of assistance for critical services relative to certain disasters (see H.R. 1027), H838 [14FE]

——— improve disaster relief funding (see S. 116), S121 [26JA]

——— improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers (see S. 180), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 662), H575 [31JA]

——— require President develop national strategy for utilizing microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts (see H.R. 1009), H838 [14FE]

FAA: define critical airport infrastructure (see H.R. 3059), H2125 [2MY]

FEMA: ensure that unmet needs after major disaster are met (see H.R. 6084), H5173 [26OC]

——— make available certain housing-related disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters (see H.R. 5324), H4217 [1SE]

GAO: report on national all-hazards disaster insurance program (see H.R. 274), H202 [11JA]

Hurricane Ian: treat as qualified disaster for purposes of determining tax treatment of certain disaster-related personal casualty losses (see H.R. 1331), H1049 [1MR]

Insurance: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners’ insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 3997), H2788 [9JN]

NOAA: carry out research and development to improve understanding of how public receives, interprets, and responds to and values hurricane forecasts and warnings (see H.R. 6080), H5173 [26OC]

——— improve weather research, support improvements in weather forcasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities relating to weather data (see H.R. 6093), H5173 [26OC]

Presidents of the U.S.: authorize to provide disaster assistance to States and Indian tribes under major disaster recovery program (see H.R. 1605), H1286 [14MR]

Taxation: provide credit for disaster mitigation expenditures (see S. 2106), S2221 [22JN] (see H.R. 4305), H3109 [22JN]

——— provide special rules for casualty losses incurred by reason of Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Nicole, and Hurricane Fiona (see S. 764), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 1494), H1247 [9MR]

——— repeal temporary limitation on personal casualty losses (see S. 2236), S2310 [11JY] (see H.R. 4539), H3204 [11JY]

Remarks in House

Bell, David: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1681 [30MR]

Disasters: ensure preparedness for start of season, E533 [7JN]

——— improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers (H.R. 662), H2803–H2805 [12JN]

——— require President develop national strategy for utilizing microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts, H3473 [12JY]

FEMA: provide Virgin Islands additional disaster relief funding for damage sustained during Hurricanes Irma and Maria, H4269 [13SE]

Greer, Ayden: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1681 [30MR]

Guam: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, Typhoon Mawar, H2769 [7JN]

——— preparations for possible landfall of Typhoon Mawar, H2466 [22MY]

Khaub, Amber: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1898 [20AP]

Kim, Christian: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1898 [20AP]

McKinney, Evan: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1681 [30MR]

Puerto Rico: increase efforts to achieve food sovereignty, H4043 [27JY]

Spence, Evan: C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition winner, H1898 [20AP]

Remarks in Senate

Climate: impact of climate change on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S4935 [4OC]

Disasters: improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers (H.R. 662), S5128 [24OC], S5284 [1NO]

Reports filed

Block Grant Assistance Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 662) (H. Rept. 118–73), H2498 [22MY]

Improve Weather Research, Support Improvements in Weather Forcasting and Prediction, and Expand Commercial Opportunities Relating to Weather Data: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 6093) (H. Rept. 118–306), H6813 [11DE]

Texts of

H.R. 662, Block Grant Assistance Act, H2804 [12JN]