Sentences with phrase «of federal disaster relief»

One might expect that residents would be less likely to move out of disaster - struck areas after this date, if FEMA increased payments of federal disaster relief.

That money is part of the federal disaster relief funding that was approved three months after Sandy struck last October, and is now being allocated -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Needless to say, another catastrophic storm in a two - week period would add salt to a wound and further strain the disaster relief resources of the federal government and groups like the Red Cross already stretched thin with the response to Harvey.

But then, Larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by the hurricane, and try to get life as close to normal as possible.

But Capitol Hill is also widely expected to take up an emergency «supplemental» funding bill that would send tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars to help begin to repair the Texas coast using the Federal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disFederal Relief Act, which allows the federal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disfederal government to steer emergency cash to state governments hit by natural disasters.

, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, came as White House and congressional leaders discussed a plan to immediately pump about $ 6 billion into federal disaster relief efforts.

With regards to health care and other spending, they could work toward a deal with a mini-bargain to address paying for sequester and disaster relief, reducing mandatory spending, and improving the trajectories of federal health spending.

Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey caused devastating flooding in Houston, Congress passed an initial $ 15 billion relief bill — a pot of money the Federal Emergency Management Agency can use to help any disaster zones.

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reversed a policy that prevented places of worship from accessing disaster relief funds.

But the Christie robocall does help Hayworth shore up a potential trouble spot for her when it comes to the Democratic push that she would support turning back federal spending for disaster relief that isn't off set by cuts, a position of top Republican lawmaker Eric Cantor.

«In response to this crisis, the Federal Government and NEMA have deployed an insufficient amount of emergency staff and relief materials to ameliorate the pain and suffering of Nigerians affected by this disaster.

And now Democratic Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, who represents New York's 18th district, has offered his first amendment, and it would require Congress to respond to critical disaster - relief needs within one week of a federal - disaster declaration.

Wildfire Funding and Environmental Reviews — Vote Passed (232 - 188, 12 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would allow for a presidential declaration of a major disaster with regard to wildfires, which would allow for the release of funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to fight major wildfires, and would modify the disaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire fundindisaster with regard to wildfires, which would allow for the release of funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to fight major wildfires, and would modify the disaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire fundinDisaster Relief Fund to fight major wildfires, and would modify the disaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire fundindisaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire funding needs.

It would modify tax provisions for individuals living in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and would allow the federal government to reimburse the governments of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for any disaster tax relief that those islands provide their citizens.

Levine personally brought one of the first planes into Puerto Rico with relief supplies shortly after the Sept. 20 Hurricane Maria disaster, arriving with the goods ahead of anything the Federal Emergency Management Agency offered.

Singh, for all his discussion of taking advantage of FEMA aid, was charged before his plea deal with fraudulently obtaining federal disaster relief funds by filing fraudulent documents and invoices.

The city determined that it would be able to use a portion of its federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program — Disaster Relief funds to cover this $ 28 million investment in SIUH's resiliency program.

Here's something about it from this morning's LA Times that should shake your tree... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove29oct29,0,440699.story?track=tothtml «the most significant element of Rove's effort to help four - term Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds keep his job may have occurred behind closed doors, when the White House strategist met with a federal disaster relief official contemplating how to respond to the storm.

After inspecting the homes in Puerto Rico of 36 families displaced by Hurricane Maria and living temporarily at the Red Roof Inn in Hartford, FEMA has ruled that only six are eligible for federal disaster relief, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said...

Ann Marie Buerkle, a Republican representing the Syracuse area who won her seat last year with Tea Party support, said that disaster relief was a «legitimate role of government» and that it should not be held up by the desire to identify reductions elsewhere in the federal budget.

And it's the reason that researchers dependent on federal money, and especially those in the physical sciences, are heaving huge sighs of relief over a disaster narrowly averted.

FHWA's emergency relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction of federal - aid roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events.

FHWA's Emergency Relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction of federal - aid roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events

Issue: 23 U.S.C. 125 authorizes an Emergency Relief (ER) program for the repair or reconstruction of Federal - aid highways and of roads on Federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause.

The FHWA's emergency relief program reimburses states for the repair or reconstruction of federal - aid highways that were damaged in disasters and catastrophic failures.

The funds are the first to be allocated as part of the disaster relief package enacted on January 29, 2013, for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, which allows FTA to make grants for eligible public transportation capital and operating costs in the event of a federally declared disrelief package enacted on January 29, 2013, for the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, which allows FTA to make grants for eligible public transportation capital and operating costs in the event of a federally declared disRelief Program, which allows FTA to make grants for eligible public transportation capital and operating costs in the event of a federally declared disaster.

It helps that there is a federal law (the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) that offers a wide range of protections against financial disaster for people on active duty.

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But it is clear that policies toward construction insurance, and federal disaster relief play the dominant role in setting up the U.S. for a string of natural disasters stretching as far as one can see into the future, with or without climate change.

About the only thing in common is federal disaster relief, but it is hard to believe that people only build houses in huge swaths of tornado - susceptible territory because they believe they will be bailed out.

Since Congress passed the Disaster Relief Act of 1950, the federal government has provided relief and recovery funds after large - scale floods and other disaRelief Act of 1950, the federal government has provided relief and recovery funds after large - scale floods and other disarelief and recovery funds after large - scale floods and other disasters.

For example, in the United States, policies regulating insurance and providing federal flood insurance and disaster relief have the effect of subsidizing risk - taking, and the recent repeal of large sections of the 2012 Biggert - Waters Federal Flood Insurance Reform Act shows just how difficult it is to reform these risk - inducing pofederal flood insurance and disaster relief have the effect of subsidizing risk - taking, and the recent repeal of large sections of the 2012 Biggert - Waters Federal Flood Insurance Reform Act shows just how difficult it is to reform these risk - inducing poFederal Flood Insurance Reform Act shows just how difficult it is to reform these risk - inducing policies.

The subsidies come in the form of state - mandated caps on insurance premiums, cheap federal flood insurance, and federal disaster relief.

The Coalition seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the legal community (law school faculty, students, and practicing lawyers), as well as non-lawyers, to facilitate the fair distribution of federal, state, and private disaster relief to New Orleanians (wherever they may be) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Each year, the federal government spends billions of dollars on disaster relief to flood victims — all at taxpayer expense.

• Offering the State of Connecticut and other entitlement communities the ability to re-allocate existing federal resources toward disaster relief — HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs give the State and communities the flexibility to redirect millions of dollars to address critical needs, including housing and services for disaster victims.