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Critics pointed out that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allocated $640.9 million this year in FEMA-administered funds to aid state and local governments coping with the influx of asylum ...
The White House focused on the claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is out of funding. Senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates sent a memo arguing Republicans are ...
Congress last month approved the fiscal year 2024 funding level for FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program in the federal funding package, nearly six months into the fiscal year. Cities, counties ...
Congress recently replenished a key source of FEMA's response efforts, providing $20 billion for the agency's disaster relief fund as part of a short-term government spending bill to fund the government through Dec. 20. The bill also gave FEMA flexibility to draw on the money more quickly as needed.
Mayorkas told reporters on Air Force One that the Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs, but would need Congress to provide additional funds. Mayorkas was not specific about ...
Since 1976, when the United States budget process was revised by the Budget Act of 1974 [1] the United States Federal Government has had funding gaps on 22 occasions. [2] [3] [4] Funding gaps did not lead to government shutdowns prior to 1980, when President Jimmy Carter requested opinions from Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti on funding gaps and the Antideficiency Act.
Budget sequestration was first authorized by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA, Title II of Pub. L. 99-177). This is colloquially referred to as the Deficit Control. [2] They provided for automatic spending cuts (called "sequesters") if the deficit exceeded a set of fixed deficit targets.
FEMA’s disaster fund, which supports federal disaster relief, is a separate spigot. There are stringent spending terms for the fund, which Congress replenishes through appropriations.