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Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.","cite":{"label":"Title VI, “Disaster Relief Fund”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H9DB5F4FDF73A40EDBA2C1DBEB68A99BB"}},{"text":"Provides $12,039,000,000 for the Community Development Fund for major disasters that occurred in 2023 or 2024, requiring the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to publish allocations in the Federal Register by January 15, 2025.","cite":{"label":"Title XII, “Community Development Fund”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#HC21F54FB5D1745E080D7B15A94BE739E"}},{"text":"Provides $8,086,020,000 for the Emergency Relief Program and sets the Federal share at 100 percent for Emergency Relief funds responding to damage to the Francis Scott Key Bridge caused by the cargo ship Dali.","cite":{"label":"Title XII, “Emergency Relief 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30, 2025 or the date set in the underlying provision, and applies the 2024 crop year commodity program provisions to the 2025 crop year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#toc-H578EF1FAF2FB47C9B52C0583EDEFDE97"}},{"text":"Amends section 401 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 by replacing January 1, 2025 with January 29, 2027, and January 2, 2025 with January 30, 2027.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5106","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#toc-H50A7A1DF06DD42F583D582E39162803B"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Title V, “Salaries and Expenses”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H6C8A855C1DC44BEB951DDD92FE027B91"},"heading":"","effect":"Appropriates $13,597,000 for protection of the residences of the Supreme Court Justices.","amount":"$13,597,000","quote":"for protection of the residences of the 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Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking “December 20, 2024” and inserting “March 14, 2025”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#toc-HBEDCE1D271C0478692E5A7FA02B9C438"},"heading":"Additional special assessment","effect":"Changes the date in section 3014 of title 18, United States Code (additional special assessment) from December 23, 2024 to March 14, 2025.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “December 23, 2024” and inserting “March 14, 2025”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#toc-H4932C079D96F4CBFA5A1CFC0FB3D1A76"},"heading":"National cybersecurity protection system authorization","effect":"Extends the date in the national cybersecurity protection system authorization from December 20, 2024 to March 14, 2025.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended by striking “December 20, 2024” and inserting “March 14, 2025”."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5105","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#toc-H7F229196CD7F4B3F8D105EBBF5FB0ABF"},"heading":"Extension of temporary order for fentanyl-related substances","effect":"Extends the temporary order for fentanyl-related substances from December 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025, effective as if included in the original enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"section 2 of such Act is amended by striking “December 31, 2024” and inserting “March 31, 2025”"}]},{"category":"narrow_beneficiary","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Title I, “Office of the Secretary”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H56B4503213FC4583812117C2716D6252"},"heading":"","effect":"Appropriates $220,000,000 for block grants to States that meet stated thresholds for 2023 net farm income, number of farms, and average farm size, without naming the States.","amount":"$220,000,000","quote":"eligible States are those States with a net farm income for 2023 of less than $250,000,000, as recorded in the data in the Economic Research Service publication “Farm Income and Wealth Statistics”"}]},{"category":"named_funding","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H0E1B03044F3F4D20A8B1BE5B5284452C"},"heading":"","effect":"Extends continuing appropriations to March 14, 2025 and adds provisions including $90,000,000 for District of Columbia emergency planning and security, of which not less than $50,000,000 is for the Presidential Inauguration, plus named submarine programs and a Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act limit change.","amount":null,"quote":"of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be held in January 2025"},{"cite":{"label":"Title II, 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$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended"},{"cite":{"label":"Title VI, “Operations and Support”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H63AC6A9BB4B9409FB151E7738EED8A73"},"heading":"","effect":"Provides $102,500,000 to the Coast Guard for expenses related to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and other disasters, including minor repairs, maintenance and environmental remediation.","amount":"$102,500,000","quote":"necessary expenses related to the consequences of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse and other disasters"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Title VII, “State and Tribal Assistance Grants”","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H909E26D5FA954156A502E85B0EA93F25"},"heading":"","effect":"Appropriates $3,000,000,000 in State revolving fund grants directed to States or territories in EPA Regions 3, 4, and 9, and a further $85,000,000 for Regions 3 and 4 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It waives the section 902 total project cost limit, and project number, program cost limits, and new start considerations, for projects funded under this heading.","amount":null,"quote":"the limitation concerning total project costs in section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) shall not apply to funds provided under this heading in this Act"}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2701","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H4DAD132781A24540B1388451B080A450"},"heading":"","effect":"Allows the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to directly appoint individuals into the competitive service, notwithstanding section 3304 of title 5, until September 30, 2029.","amount":null,"quote":"may recruit and directly appoint highly qualified individuals into the competitive service to address critical hiring needs for the planning and execution of the projects"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 21306","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih#H99200B20E66D43F38E79488B040A3DAB"},"heading":"","effect":"Directs that the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division are not entered on the statutory or Senate PAYGO scorecards, and sets the scorecard balances to zero after the second session of the 118th Congress adjourns.","amount":null,"quote":"The budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010."}]}],"version":{"type":"Introduced in House","date":"2024-12-19","rule":"nearest","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text/ih"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10515/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-10515.png","v":"a9f215437b4a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 10515, 118th Congress: American Relief Act, 2025. House: 174 Yea, 235 Nay. Outcome: Failed House, 19 Dec 2024."}}