FY2010 Supplemental for Wars, Disaster Assistance, Haiti Relief, and Other Programs

Abstract

On March 23, 2010, the House passed H.R. 4899, the Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act with $5.1 billion to replenish FEMA's Disaster Assistance Fund, and $600 million for a Labor Department summer jobs program. Including $600 million in rescissions, this bill required $5.1 billion in new appropriations. (Rescissions cancel previously appropriated budget authority which then offsets the amount of new budget authority-BA-that needs to be appropriated.) On May 26, 2010, the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Democratic majority proposed a draft bill with $85.7 billion in funding, including $31 billion in additional domestic spending primarily to prevent layoffs of teachers, law enforcement personnel and firefighters and add more funds for Pell grants. Reflecting $900 million in rescissions, this bill would have required $84.8 billion in new BA. The May 27 markup of that bill was cancelled..

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA524083

Entities

People

  • Amy Belasco
  • Bruce R. Lindsay
  • Curt Tarnoff
  • Daniel H. Else
  • Kennon H. Nakamura
  • Maureen Taft-morales
  • Rhoda Margesson

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Federal Budgets
  • Government Procurement
  • Health Services
  • International Organizations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Renewable Energy
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting