Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

House Bill 662 - Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023: Overview, Status, and Impact

Hozzl · 2024-03-07T21:39:19Z

Explore the details of House Bill 662 Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023 currently in Congress. Get insights into its purpose, current status, sponsors, and potential impact on Agriculture and Food. Stay informed on legislative developments.

3/7/2024, 9:39 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 662

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide as block grants to states and territories certain funding available to assist agricultural producers with losses due to droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022.

The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule. (This excludes the budget effects from being counted for the purposes of enforcing the PAYGO rules.)

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Current Status of Bill HR 662

Bill HR 662 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since January 31, 2023. Bill HR 662 was introduced during Congress 118 and was introduced to the House on January 31, 2023. Bill HR 662's most recent activity was Under the order of 10/24/23, having not achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 53. Record Vote Number: 285. as of November 1, 2023

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Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 662

Primary Policy Focus

Agriculture and Food

Potential Impact Areas

- Agricultural insurance

- Disaster relief and insurance

- Fires

- Floods and storm protection

- Intergovernmental relations

- Natural disasters

- State and local finance

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 662

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

To amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.