To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to continue to obligate and disburse covered funds in the Disaster Relief Fund during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires FEMA to keep obligating and disbursing previously appropriated Disaster Relief Fund money during lapses in appropriations and protects necessary employees from furlough or reduction in force.
Who Benefits and How
Disaster relief programs and recipients could continue receiving funds during a lapse in FEMA appropriations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
FEMA would need to keep covered operations running during a lapse, and necessary employees would have to continue working as excepted employees.
Key Provisions
- Requires FEMA to continue obligating and disbursing covered Disaster Relief Fund money during a lapse in appropriations.
- Treats necessary employees as excepted employees and bars furloughs or reductions in force for that work.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires FEMA to keep obligating and disbursing previously appropriated Disaster Relief Fund money during lapses in appropriations and protects necessary employees from furlough or reduction in force.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires FEMA to keep obligating and disbursing previously appropriated Disaster Relief Fund money during lapses in appropriations and protects necessary employees from furlough or reduction in force.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Disaster relief programs and recipients relying on continued Disaster Relief Fund operations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- FEMA officials and necessary employees required to continue covered operations during a lapse
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moskowitz (for himself and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced …
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