H.R. 152 - Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013

Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013

H.R. 152 — 113^th Congress (2013–2014)

Summary

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Hurricane Sandy relief bill
• Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
• Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
• Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
• Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
• Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
• Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
• Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
• Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Harold Rogers

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

• Emergency management
• Appropriations
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Aviation and airports
• Cemeteries and funerals
• Coast guard
• Computers and information technology
• Congressional oversight
• Defense spending
• Department of Defense
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Department of the Interior
• Disaster relief and insurance
• Economic development
• Education programs funding
• Emergency medical services and trauma care
• Executive agency funding and structure
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Floods and storm protection
• Food assistance and relief
• Government lending and loan guarantees
• Government studies and investigations
• Health facilities and institutions
• Health programs administration and funding
• Housing and community development funding
• Infrastructure development
• Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
• Military facilities and property
• National Guard and reserves
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
• Natural disasters
• Navigation, waterways, harbors
• Oil and gas
• Parks, recreation areas, trails
• Preschool education
• Public transit
• Railroads
• Small Business Administration
• Small business
• Social Security Administration
• Transportation programs funding
• Veterans' medical care
• Water quality
• Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Related Bills

• H.Res. 23 (113^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 152) Making Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2013, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 219 (113^th) : Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
• H.R. 219 (113^th) : Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
• H.R. 219 (113^th) : Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013

Major Actions

Introduced	1/04/2013
Referred to Committee
Amendments (16 proposed)
Passed House	1/15/2013
Passed Senate	1/28/2013
Signed by President	1/29/2013

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 162 voted YES 258 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment PASSED the House 327 voted YES 91 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment PASSED the House 221 voted YES 197 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 6 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 206 voted YES 214 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 7 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 202 voted YES 217 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 11 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment PASSED the House 216 voted YES 205 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 12 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 208 voted YES 212 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 13 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment PASSED the House 223 voted YES 198 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 152	1/15/2013	This amendment PASSED the House 228 voted YES 192 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
currently selected	House	H.R. 152: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (On Passage of the Bill)	1/15/2013	This bill PASSED the House 241 voted YES 180 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Runyan amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.	1/15/2013	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Blumenauer amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.	1/15/2013	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Huelskamp amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote.	1/15/2013	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Velazquez amendment (A014) Agreed to by voice vote.	1/15/2013	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4 to H.R. 152 (Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013)	1/28/2013	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 35 voted YES 62 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	H.R. 152: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (On Passage of the Bill)	1/28/2013	This bill PASSED the Senate 62 voted YES 36 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	1/04/2013
		1/04/2013	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
		1/04/2013	Referred to House Appropriations
		1/04/2013	Referred to House Budget
		1/14/2013	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 23 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 152 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of this report shall be considered as an original bill. The resolution waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution provides that if the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in Part A is not adopted, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report that it has come to no resolution on the bill. The resolution provides that each such amendment printed in part B and part C of this report shall not be subject to a demand
		1/15/2013	Rule H. Res. 23 passed House.
		1/15/2013	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 23.
		1/15/2013	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 152 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of this report shall be considered as an original bill. The resolution waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution provides that if the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in Part A is not adopted, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report that it has come to no resolution on the bill. The resolution provides that each such amendment printed in part B and part C of this report shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or the Committee of the Whole. Finally, the resolution directs the Clerk to, in the engrossment of H.R. 152, add the text of H.R. 219, as passed by the House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 152.
		1/15/2013	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 23 and Rule XVIII.
		1/15/2013	The Speaker designated the Honorable Shelley Moore Capito to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
		1/15/2013	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 152.
		1/15/2013	Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded to consider the Part A Rogers (KY) amendment in the nature of a substitute and the Part B Mulvaney (SC) perfecting amendment.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Part B Mulvaney (SC) amendment.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Frelinghuysen Part C amendment No. 1.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flores Part C perfecting amendment No. 2.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flores Part C amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flores demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Runyan Part C perfecting amendment No. 3.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Broun (GA) Part C perfecting amendment No. 4.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Broun (GA) Part C amendment No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Broun (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Duncan (SC) Part C perfecting amendment No. 5.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Duncan (SC) Part C amendment No. 5, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Duncan (SC) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blumenauer Part C perfecting amendment No. 6.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez Part C perfecting amendment No. 7.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huelskamp Part C perfecting amendment No. 8.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Fleming Part C perfecting amendment No. 9.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Fleming Part C amendment No. 9, as modified, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Fleming demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Benishek Part C perfecting amendment No. 10.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Benishek Part C amendment No. 10, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Benishek demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop (UT) Part C perfecting amendment No. 11.
		1/15/2013	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bishop (UT) Part C amendment No. 11, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (UT) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/15/2013	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez Part C perfecting amendment No. 12.
		1/15/2013	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on agreeing to amendments previously debated and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
		1/15/2013	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 152.
		1/15/2013	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		1/15/2013	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
		1/15/2013	Mr. Rogers of Kentucky asked unanimous consent that in the engrossment of H.R. 152, the Clerk shall reinsert the text on page 1, lines 3 through 6 of the bill after the enacting clause. Agreed to without objection.
		1/15/2013	The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
		1/15/2013	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 23, in the engrossment of H.R. 152, the text of H.R. 219 as passed by the House, was added as new matter at the end of H.R. 152 and the title of H.R. 152 was conformed to reflect the additional matter.
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 6 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 7 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 11 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 12 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 13 to H R 152
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 152
currently selected	House Vote on Passage	1/15/2013	H.R. 152: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (On Passage of the Bill)
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Mulvaney to the Rogers (KY) amendment (A001).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. Frelinghuysen.
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Flores to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Runyan to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On agreeing to the Runyan amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Broun (GA) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Duncan (SC) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Blumenauer to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On agreeing to the Blumenauer amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A009) offered by Ms. Velazquez to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	By unanimous consent, the Velazquez amendment was withdrawn.
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Huelskamp to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On agreeing to the Huelskamp amendment (A010) Agreed to by voice vote.
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Fleming to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Fleming amendment (A011) modified by unanimous consent. To strike "Steward" and insert "Stewart".
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Benishek to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Bishop (UT) to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
		1/15/2013	Amendment (A014) offered by Ms. Velazquez to the Frelinghuysen amendment (A003).
select this vote	Vote	1/15/2013	On agreeing to the Velazquez amendment (A014) Agreed to by voice vote.
		1/22/2013	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	1/28/2013	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
		1/28/2013	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
		1/28/2013	Amendment SA 4 proposed by Senator Lee.
select this vote	Vote	1/28/2013	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4 to H.R. 152 (Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013)
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	1/28/2013	H.R. 152: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (On Passage of the Bill)
		1/29/2013	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Signed	1/29/2013	Signed by President.
	Presented to President	1/29/2013	Presented to President.
	Enacted	1/29/2013	Became Public Law No: 113-2.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
select this vote	H. Amdt. 3	Rogers, Harold [R-KY5]	January 15, 2013	Passed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	An amendment printed in Part A of House Report 113-1 and made in order as original text for the purpose of further amendment. Pursuant to the provisions of <a href="/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:H.RES.23:">H. Res. 23</a>, after consideration and disposition of the Mulvaney amendment, the Chair will be required to put the question on adoption of the Rogers (KY) text, as amended, or not. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 5	Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R-NJ11]	January 15, 2013	Offered on January 14, 2013.
	Amendment to provide an additional $33.677 billion in total spending to cover current and anticipated needs in the wake of the devastating Hurricane Sandy. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 6	Flores, Bill [R-TX17]	January 15, 2013	Passed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment to strike $150,000,000 for Regional Ocean Partnership grants. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 7	Runyan, Jon [R-NJ3]	January 15, 2013	Passed by voice vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment to clarify that the fisheries disaster money in the Frelinghuysen amendment is intended for states that were BOTH impacted by Hurricane Sandy and suffered a fisheries disaster in 2012. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 8	Broun, Paul [R-GA10]	January 15, 2013	Failed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment sought to strike $13,000,000 in funding to "accelerate the National Weather Service ground readiness project". Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 9	Duncan, Jeff [R-SC3]	January 15, 2013	Failed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment sought to strip out the extra $1M for Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and replaces that with a limitation against funding for LSC. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 10	Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR3]	January 15, 2013	Passed by voice vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment to clarify that the Corps of Engineers construction projects receiving funds in this legislation will be at full Federal expense only with respect to the funds provided by this legislation. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 11	Velázquez, Nydia [D-NY7]	January 15, 2013	Offered on January 14, 2013.
	An amendment numbered 7 printed in Part C of House Report 113-1 to increase the Community Development Fund appropriation amount by $25 million offset by reductions elsewhere in the bill. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 12	Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS1]	January 15, 2013	Passed by voice vote on January 15, 2013.
	An amendment numbered 8 printed in Part C of House Report 113-1 to require FEMA to disclose all disaster relief grants, not just those over $1 million. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 13	Fleming, John [R-LA4]	January 15, 2013	Offered on January 14, 2013.
	Amendment to cut $9,800,000 from the Fish & Wildlife Service for rebuilding seawalls and buildings on uninhabited islands in the Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 14	Benishek, Dan [R-MI1]	January 15, 2013	Failed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment sought to strike the proviso on line 20, restoring the requirement that local investments are required in Historic Preservation Grants. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 15	Bishop, Rob [R-UT1]	January 15, 2013	Passed by roll call vote on January 15, 2013.
	An amendment numbered 11 printed in Part C of House Report 113-1 to prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior or Agriculture from acquiring any more federal land using funds provided under this emergency supplemental appropriations bill for Hurricane Sandy relief. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 16	Velázquez, Nydia [D-NY7]	January 15, 2013	Passed by voice vote on January 15, 2013.
	Amendment to increase the funding to the National Cemetery Administration by $1 million for the purposes of repairing veterans' cemeteries damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 1	Baucus, Max [D-MT]	January 22, 2013	Offered on January 21, 2013.
	Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2	Udall, Mark [D-CO]	January 22, 2013	Offered on January 21, 2013.
	Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 4	Lee, Mike [R-UT]	January 24, 2013	Offered on January 23, 2013.
	To offset the cost of the bill with rescissions and discretionary cap reductions. Show amendment details