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 last $1 billion or so.
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.Investor'sBusinessDailyInvestors Business Daily...
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... Investor's,Business,Daily - 《Investors Business Daily》 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Courting disaster: FEMA funding and the posturin...
Trump Looted $44 Billion From FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund in the Middle of a Record-Setting Hurricane Season The wisdom of that decision is called into question as Hurricane Laura heads toward Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi Politics By ...
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...
Last year, the Disaster Relief Fund was forced to halt payments for about a month – the first time it had to do so since 2017 — for thousands of projects not considered immediate as it was running out of money. For example, funding was delayed for projects related to past hurricanes an...
false…No money is being diverted from disaster response needs. FEMA's disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts. Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster re...
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...
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“It could divert DRF funding from what members of Congress and the American people believe is its intended purpose,” Coen said, referring to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, which helps households and communities survive and rebuild. “It would be demoralizing to the staff, who believe they’...