[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10309 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10309

To make certain funds available to provide assistance under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in response to 
     Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2024

  Mr. Ogles introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To make certain funds available to provide assistance under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in response to 
     Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Build America First Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING PROHIBITION.

    Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal 
funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise to carry out the 
following provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act:
            (1) Section 667 (operating expenses).
            (2) Sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and section 251 through 
        255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        (development assistance).

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The unobligated balance of all amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance 
Act described in Section 2 of this Act shall be transferred to and 
merged with amounts otherwise made available to provide assistance 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in response to Hurricane Helene and 
Hurricane Milton.
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