Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the Disaster Relief Fund : FY1990-FY2013.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

United States.

Disaster relief.

Federal aid.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Presents definitions of offsets, supplemental appropriations, disaster relief , and disaster assistance. Discusses recent history of offsetting rescissions in paying for supplemental appropriations to FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). Examines use of offsets in connection with supplemental funding for DRF since FY1990, reviewing three specific incidences where bills that had an impact on level of funding available in the DRF were fully offset; and identifies issues for Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the Disaster Relief Fund

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