Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
Latest action · Sep 12, 2017 Became Public Law No: 115-57.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2017
- Passed HouseSep 11, 2017
- Passed SenateSep 11, 2017
- To the PresidentSep 11, 2017
- Became lawSep 12, 2017Public Law 115-57
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to increase, from $1 million to $25 million, the maximum amount of temporary assistance that may be provided annually in FY2017-FY2018. ("Temporary assistance" refers to money payments, temporary lodging, transportation, and other goods and services necessary for the health and welfare of U.S. citizens and their dependents who return from a foreign country due to a crisis and are without available resources.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2017Discharged Sep 11, 2017 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2017Discharged Sep 11, 2017 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2017Signed by President.
- Sep 12, 2017Became Public Law No: 115-57.
- Sep 11, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 11, 2017Mr. Reichert asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Sep 11, 2017Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Sep 11, 2017Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Sep 11, 2017Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7220)
- Sep 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7220)
- Sep 11, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5165)
- Sep 11, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 11, 2017Presented to President.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Senate | Debate and remarks H7220, S5165Text printed H7220 | David G. Reichert R-WA, Mitch McConnell R-KY | Sep 11, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 146, September 11, 2017, page H7223.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49340 | Budgetary Effects Excluded or Eliminated from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Scorecards | Report | Sep 9, 2026 |
| IF11484 | U.S. Repatriation Program for Citizens Returned from Abroad | Resource | Apr 18, 2024 |
| R43992 | The Congressional Review Act (CRA): Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Nov 12, 2021 |
| R45032 | The Trump Administration and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions Archived | Report | Nov 29, 2017 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act to amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased fiscal year 2017 and 2018 payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries
- Short Title
- Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority for increased fiscal year 2017 and 2018 payments for temporary assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 11, 2017Engrossed in House
- Sep 11, 2017Received in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
