Their concern comes as the agency is being asked to tackle a growing number of problems, such as pandemic relief. Thomas Frank12/04/2024, 11:00am ETIn 2019, then-President Donald Trump took $155 million from the federal government’s main disaster fund and used it to build immigration fac...
FEMA's disaster relief fund: Elements and considerations A. ConnerLindsay, B.R. 2014. FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund: Overview and Selected Issues. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service... A Conner 被引量: 1发表: 2014年 The Impact of FEMA on U.S. Corruption: Implications for Policy...
FEMA's disaster relief fund has $5 bil left but will run out of cash by spring as it responds to Superstorm Sandy, director Craig Fugate told Congress. The fund had $7.1 bil at the start of Oct. [ FROM PUBLISHER]Investor'sBusiness...
Congress recently replenished a key source of FEMA’s response efforts, providing $20 billion for the agency’s disaster relief fund as part of a short-term government spending bill to fund the government through Dec. 20. The bill also gave FEMA flexibility to draw on the money more quickly...
Overview of the Disaster Relief Fund Tables Summary The Robert T. Stafford Emergency Relief and Disaster Assistance Act (P.L. 93-288, as amended) authorizes the President to issue declarations for incidents ranging from destructive, large-scale disasters to more routine, less damaging events. Decla...
May 15, 2024 FEMA currently draws the majority of its resources from the Disaster Relief Fund, which is doled out by Congress each year and can be carried over year-to-year. Since 2020, annual allocations to the fund have ranged from $20 billion to $70 billion. FEMA’s spending also...
October 4, 2024 Environment FEMA is denying requests for aid as relief fund runs dry amid record number of costly disasters BYShruti Date SinghandBloomberg July 12, 2024 Environment Biden to federal government: Hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the East Palestine derailment ...
After Hurricane Harvey left the city of Houston badly battered and flooded in August 2017, and a second hurricane called Irma was poised to wreak similar devastation upon Florida, theFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)revealed that its $6 billion Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) wasdown to its...
he wrote that “while FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund has the resources it requires right now to meet immediate needs, the fund does face a shortfall at the end of the year.” He also called on lawmakers to act quickly to restore funding to the Small Business Administration’s disaster loan ...
(e.g., fires, floods, severe weather)are depletingthe disaster relief fund at this critical time. The White House also tasked FEMA to leadvaccine distribution, working with states to set up vaccination centers across the country using disaster relief funds. And to add more concern, the2021 ...