Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act
Latest action · Feb 14, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act
This bill prohibits transferring certain funds already made available to the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Housing and Urban Development for disaster relief to the planning or construction of new physical barriers along the southwestern U.S. border. The bill also prohibits using national emergency provisions to transfer certain funds already made available to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 14, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 14, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1214 | Protecting Disaster Relief Funds Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Appropriations
- Aviation and airports
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Transportation
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Immigration
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Transportation programs funding
- War and emergency powers
- Water resources funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in Senate
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