Hurricane Sandy relief bill
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| Full title | To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program. |
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| Colloquial name(s) | Hurricane Sandy relief bill |
| Introduced in | 113th United States Congress |
| Introduced on | January 3, 2013 |
| Sponsored by | Rep. Scott Garrett (R, NJ-5) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 19 |
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| Act(s) affected | National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress). |
| U.S.C. sections created | 42 U.S.C. 4016(a), 2 U.S.C. 933(g), |
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The Hurricane Sandy relief bill (Pub.L. 113–1, H.R. 41, 127 Stat. 3, enacted January 6, 2013) is a law enacted by the 113th United States Congress.
The Act amended the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to increase from $20.725 billion to $30.425 billion the total amount of notes and obligations (i.e. federal borrowing authority) which may be issued by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, for the National Flood Insurance Program.
The Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on January 3, 2013 by Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), with 44 cosponsors.
On January 4 the Bill was considered by the House. The vote was made under suspension of the rules, so it required a two-thirds majority. It was passed 354-67.
The Bill was passed in the Senate by a voice vote on January 4.
The Bill was presented to President Obama on January 4 and signed into law on January 6.
On December 28, 2012, the Senate passed H.R. 1 of the 112th Congress, with an amendment in nature of a substitute, by a vote of 62 – 32. The bill would have provided for $60.4 billion in supplemental disaster assistance. While it was not enacted by Congress as a whole, its Title VI (Section 601) became the Hurricane Sandy relief bill.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) authorized two types of spending to exceed the established spending caps: disaster and emergency. While emergency spending is not subject to the caps in the BCA, spending for disaster relief is calculated by taking the average of the previous ten years' disaster relief spending (excluding the highest and lowest spending years).
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