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Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025 This bill provides FY2025 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). (The DRF is the primary funding source for federal programs for disaster response, recovery, and mitigation.) The amounts provided by the bill are designated as emergency spending pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and other congressional budget enforcement procedures. (This generally excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of congressional budget enforcement procedures.)
Carveouts & Earmarks · 1 line items · $25.0B tagged
Specific dollar amounts in this bill that flow to identifiable companies or programs — the actual cash trail.
$25.00B
Sec. 2
"There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the account entitled Federal Emergency Management Administration—Disaster Relief Fund ."
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the account entitled Federal Emergency Management Administration—Disaster Relief Fund
Action Timeline
2025-06-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-06-05
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1963 pass?
S.1963 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does S.1963 do?
Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025 This bill provides FY2025 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). (The DRF is the primary funding source for federal programs for disaster response, recovery, and mitigation.) The amounts provided by the bill are designated as emergency spending pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and other congressional budget enforcement procedures. (This generally excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of congressional budget enforcement proced…
Who sponsored S.1963?
S.1963 was sponsored by Thomas Tillis (R-North Carolina).
How much money does S.1963 spend?
S.1963 contains $25.0B in identified line-item carveouts to specific programs and companies, across 1 earmarks.
Full Bill Text
119 S1963 IS: Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-06-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1963 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 5, 2025 Mr. Tillis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To appropriate amounts to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025 . 2. Disaster relief fund (a) In general There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the account entitled Federal Emergency Management Administration—Disaster Relief Fund . (b) Emergency designation (1) In general The amounts provided by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 2 U.S.C. 933(g) ). (2) Designation in house and senate This Act is designated as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2025 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
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