Summary Report: Congressional Action on the
FY2013 Disaster Supplemental
William L. Painter, Coordinator
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
Jared T. Brown
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy
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Summary Report: Congressional Action on the FY2013 Disaster Supplemental

Summary
In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy impacted a wide swath of the East Coast of the United
States, resulting in more than 120 deaths and the major disaster declarations for 12 states plus the
District of Columbia. The Administration submitted a request to Congress on December 7, 2012,
for $60.4 billion in supplemental funding and legislative provisions to address both the immediate
losses and damages from Hurricane Sandy, as well as to mitigate the damage from future disasters
in the impacted region.
On January 15, 2012, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 152, the Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013. This bill included $50.7 billion in disaster assistance. This was the
third piece of disaster legislation considered by the House in the 113th Congress. H.R. 41, which
passed the House and Senate on January 4, 2013, and was signed into law two days later as P.L.
113-1, provided $9.7 billion in additional borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance
Program. On Janaury 14, the House passed H.R. 219, legislation making changes to disaster
assistance programs. The rule for consideration of H.R. 152 combined the text of H.R. 219 with
H.R. 152 upon its engrossment, to send them to the Senate as a single package.
In the 112th Congress, the Senate passed a separate package of disaster assistance totaling $60.4
billion, as well as several legislative provisions reforming federal disaster programs.
Appropriations legislation generally originates in the House of Representatives. However, the
Senate chose to act on the Administration’s request first by amending an existing piece of House-
passed appropriations legislation—H.R. 1. This passed the Senate December 28, 2012, by a vote
of 62-32. The House did not act on the legislation before the end of the 112th Congress.
This summary report analyzes the Administration’s request, the House-passed legislation, and the
Senate position as reflected in Senate-amended H.R. 1 from the 112th Congress. The newly
constituted Senate has not taken up legislation establishing its position on the supplemental
request as of the date of publication.
For details concerning the legislative provisions requested by the Administration, as well as those
included in Senate-amended H.R. 1, see CRS Report R42869, FY2013 Supplemental Funding for
Disaster Relief: Summary and Considerations for Congress.
This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Contents
Overview and Legislative History ................................................................................................... 1
112th Congress ........................................................................................................................... 1
113th Congress ........................................................................................................................... 2
Comparison of Supplemental Request and Legislative Response ................................................... 2
Disaster Relief and Emergency Funding Under the Budget Control Act .................................. 2
Offsetting Disaster Relief ........................................................................................................ 12
Comparing Past Disasters to Hurricane Sandy ........................................................................ 13

Tables
Table 1. FY2013 Disaster Supplemental Request and Congressional Action ................................. 4
Table 2. Selected CRS Experts by Supplemental Request ............................................................. 15

Contacts
Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 19

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Overview and Legislative History
In late October 2012, Hurricane Sandy impacted a wide swath of the East Coast of the United
States. The President has, as of January 10, 2013, declared major disasters for 12 states plus the
District of Columbia under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq). The Administration submitted a request to Congress on
December 7, 2012, for $60.4 billion in supplemental funding and legislative provisions to address
both the immediate losses and damages from Hurricane Sandy, as well as to mitigate the damage
from future disasters in the impacted region.
The Administration’s proposal includes $47.44 billion in funding for a range of disaster
assistance, and $12.97 billion specifically for mitigation of damage from potential future storms
and flooding. Budget authority of $55 billion was requested as emergency funding, while $5.4
billion was requested as disaster relief under the Budget Control Act (BCA).
112th Congress
On December 17, 2012, S.Amdt. 3338, entitled the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, was
introduced as an amendment to H.R. 1 of the 112th Congress. This bill was a continuing resolution
that had previously passed the House of Representatives, and served as the Senate legislative
vehicle for disaster relief supplemental appropriations. On December 19, the amendment was
withdrawn and S.Amdt. 3395, with the same title and overall cost, was offered in its place.
This legislation would have provided $60.41 billion in supplemental appropriations for disaster
assistance, as well as a suite of legislative provisions that included reforms to disaster assistance
authorities. The Senate amendment did not explicitly separate all its mitigation provisions from
other relief appropriations, although it did reference some funding as being for mitigation. Budget
authority of $55 billion in the legislation was designated as emergency funding, while $5.379
billion in funding for the Disaster Relief Fund would have been designated as being for disaster
relief under the BCA. A budget point of order was upheld against part of the legislation, removing
the emergency designation from $3.461 billion of construction funding for the Army Corps of
Engineers. The Senate made several changes to the amendment (which was passed by voice
vote), and then passed the supplemental appropriations legislation on December 28, 2012, by a
vote of 62-32. The House did not act on the legislation before the end of the 112th Congress.
However, one facet of the Administration’s request did become law through the 112th Congress.
The Administration had sought a legislative provision to increase the bond limit for the Small
Business Administration’s Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund. A provision increasing the
bond limit to $6.5 million, and up to $10 million if a federal contracting officer certified it was
necessary, was included in P.L. 112-239, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2013.1

1 For more information, see CRS Report R42037, SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program, by Robert Jay Dilger.
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113th Congress
On January 4, 2013, the House and Senate both passed H.R. 41, legislation providing an
additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),
which had been a part of the Administration’s request. The President signed it into law as P.L.
113-1 on January 6, 2013.
H.R. 152, which included another portion of the Administration’s supplemental request was
introduced on January 4, 2013, and an amendment was filed that same day that included further
portions. The House Appropriations Committee describes H.R. 152 as including $17 billion “to
meet immediate and critical needs,” and the amendment as including $33 billion “funding for
longer-term recovery efforts and infrastructure improvements that will help prevent damage
caused by future disasters.” On January 7, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 152
which contained some minor textual changes, along with a restructured “long-term recovery”
amendment, was posted on the House Rules Committee website.2
The House took up the legislation on January 15, 2013. The amendment with long-term recovery
funding passed with several amendments, and the amended bill passed the House by a vote of
241-180. The rule for consideration of the bill combined H.R. 219, a House-passed package of
legislative provisions reforming disaster assistance programs, with the appropriations legislation
upon engrossment of H.R. 152, and sent them to the Senate as a single package.
Comparison of Supplemental Request and
Legislative Response3
Table 1 below outlines the Administration’s request for supplemental funding and mitigation
funding in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and the congressional response to those requests. All
figures are in millions of dollars of budget authority.
The Administration’s request is redistributed by appropriations subcommittee. There is no
distinction made in this table for mitigation funding. A breakdown of the Administration’s request
that illuminates the Administration’s separate request for mitigation funding is included in CRS
Report R42869, FY2013 Supplemental Funding for Disaster Relief: Summary and Considerations
for Congress.
Headers in bold italics note the Appropriations subcommittee of jurisdiction, followed by the
department or independent agency in bold capitals. Two columns then specify where a given
appropriation is going, by bureau, if applicable, then account or program. The Administration’s
request is next, in millions of dollars of budget authority, followed by the amount in the House-
passed version of H.R. 152. Where accounts are funded through transfers, that number is shown
in the table and the donor account is reduced accordingly.

2 The analysis in this report of the House position is based on those texts from the House Rules Committee website.
3 For details concerning the legislative provisions requested by the Administration, as well as those included in Senate-
amended H.R. 1, see CRS Report R42869, FY2013 Supplemental Funding for Disaster Relief: Summary and
Considerations for Congress, coordinated by William L. Painter and Jared T. Brown.
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The next column indicates the appropriations that would have been provided if Senate-amended
H.R. 1 from the 112th Congress had been enacted. This is provided only for historical reference,
as the bill expired with the end of the 112th Congress, and the Senate has not voted on a broader
supplemental appropriations package in the 113th Congress.
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Table 1. FY2013 Disaster Supplemental Request and Congressional Action
By appropriations subcommittee, amounts in millions of dollars of budget authority

House Action
Senate Action

President’s
House-passed
Senate-passed H.R. 1
Subcommittee / Bureau
Account/ Program
Request

H.R. 152
(112th Congress)

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Emergency Conservation Program
15
15
25.09

Emergency Forest Restoration

Farm Service Agency
Programa 23
23
58.855
Natural Resources Conservation
Emergency Watershed Protection

Service
Programb 180
180
125.055
Food and Nutrition Service
Commodity Assistance Program
6
6
15

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanographic and

Atmospheric Administration
Operations, Research and Facilities
393
140
373
National Oceanographic and
Procurement, Acquisition, and

Atmospheric Administration
Construction 100
186
109
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
Office of the Inspector General
0.02
0
0.02

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Salaries and Expenses
4
10.02
4

Drug Enforcement Agency
Salaries and Expenses
1
1
1

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco

Firearms and Explosives
Salaries and Expenses
0.23
0.23
0.23
Federal Prison System
Buildings and Facilities
10
10
10

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House Action
Senate Action

President’s
House-passed
Senate-passed H.R. 1
Subcommittee / Bureau
Account/ Program
Request

H.R. 152
(112th Congress)

Departmental Administration
Construction, Major Projects
207
207
207

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Facilities and Equipment
30
30
30

Federal Highway Administration
Emergency Relief Program
308
2,022
921

Grants to the National Railroad

Federal Railroad Administration
Passenger Corporation
32
118
336
Federal Transit Administration
Public Transportation Emergency

Relief Program
11,700
10,894
10,777
Office of the Inspector General
(by transfer)
0
6
6

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Community Planning and

Development
Community Development Fund
17,000
15,990
16,990
Office of the Inspector General
(by transfer)
0
10
10

TOTAL $60,408.669
$50,507.684
$60,407.418

Source: CRS analysis of FY2013 Supplemental Appropriations Request, as transmitted in a letter from Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management, to the
Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, December 7, 2012; H.R. 1, 112th Congress; H.R. 152, 113th Congress; H.R. 152 and amendments
thereto as provided on http://rules.house.gov.
Notes:
a. The Administration requested funding for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to carry out program activities authorized under the Emergency Forest
Restoration Program. The Senate amendment does not refer to the CCC as the authorized funding mechanism, but rather appropriates funds directly to the
Emergency Forest Restoration Program.
b. This is described as funding for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations” in the Administration’s request.
c. P.L. 113-1 was signed into law on January 6, 2013, providing the $9,700 million in additional borrowing authority requested for the National Flood Insurance
Program.
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d. Transfer authority is provided to other Coast Guard accounts from Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction and Improvements.
e. The House derives these funds from unobligated balances, therefore they do not add to the bill’s budgetary score, according to CBO.
f.
H.R. 152 would appropriate $800 million to the PHSSEF account, but would then require the HHS Secretary to transfer specified portions of these funds as follows:
$500 million to the SSBG, $100 mil ion to the Head Start program (within the Children and Families Services Programs account), and at least $5 million to the HHS
Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The remaining $195 million would remain available to the HHS Secretary for other activities.

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Disaster Relief and Emergency Funding Under the Budget
Control Act
The Budget Control Act (BCA)4 changed the way Congress accounted for federal funding for
disaster response and recovery. In previous years, Congress provided funds over and above limits
on discretionary appropriations by designating additional appropriations as being for emergency
needs. Budget authority provided in this manner did not count against funding limitations on
discretionary spending in budget resolutions.
Although the BCA included legislation allowing for emergency appropriations, the new law
included provisions that outlined separate treatment for disaster relief,5 as distinct from
emergency funding. Funding designated as disaster relief in future spending bills could be “paid
for” by adjusting upward the discretionary spending caps. This allowable adjustment for disaster
relief is limited, however, to an amount based on the 10-year rolling average of what has been
spent by the federal government on relief efforts for major disasters.6
This disaster relief allowable adjustment for FY2013 was $11.8 billion. Under the current
continuing resolution, the amount of disaster relief that would be provided under the BCA if the
CR extended for the year was $6.4 billion. The Administration proposed using the remainder of
the allowable adjustment for disaster relief in its supplemental request, and using an emergency
funding designation to ensure the remaining resources provided through the request do not count
against the FY2013 budget caps.
The Administration proposes designating all of the supplemental funding it sought as an
emergency requirement, with the exception of a portion of the request for the DRF, which would
be designated as being for disaster relief under the BCA. The Administration noted in the letter
accompanying the request that it is unclear how much of the disaster relief allowable adjustment
might be available pending the finalization of general FY2013 appropriations, and that therefore
these numbers could require adjustment. H.R. 1 as amended proposed $5,379 million in DRF
funding be designated as being for disaster relief under the BCA, with all but $3,461 million (for
Army Corps of Engineers construction activities)7 of the remaining funding in the bill being
designated as emergency funding.
House-passed H.R. 152 contains $41,669 million in emergency funding, $5,379 million for the
DRF designated as disaster relief, and $3,461 million for Army Corps of Engineers construction
activities that would count against the discretionary budget caps.8

4 P.L. 112-25.
5 The BCA also specifically redefined “disaster relief” as being federal government assistance provided pursuant to a
major disaster declared under the Stafford Act, not to be confused with funding provided for other types of incidents, or
exclusively resources provided through the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).
6 For a more extensive discussion of this structure, see CRS Report R42352, An Examination of Federal Disaster Relief
Under the Budget Control Act, by Bruce R. Lindsay, William L. Painter, and Francis X. McCarthy.
7 The emergency designation for the Army Corps of Engineers Construction account was stricken by a point of order
on the Senate floor. See Congressional Record, December 21, 2012, pp. S8341-S8342.
8 CBO, “Estimate of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 152) As Passed by the House on January 15,
2013,” January 16, 2013. The total score against the discretionary budget cap is $2 million lower due to conversion of
some unobligated balances of budget authority to emergency funding in the bill.
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Offsetting Disaster Relief
One potential method for accommodating disaster response and recovery costs beyond the
allowable adjustment for disaster relief would be offsetting the additional spending through
rescissions or other means that would reduce the net budgetary scoring of the bill.
Traditionally, supplemental funding for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) has been treated as
emergency spending—it was not counted against discretionary budget caps, nor was an offset
required. However, supplemental spending packages have at times carried rescissions or transfers
that have offset, to one degree or another, the budgetary impact of other forms of disaster
assistance that could be defined as “disaster relief” under the BCA.
Of the 59 bills passed with supplemental appropriations from 1990 to the end of 2012, 6 were
fully offset by rescissions. Only one of those actually provided net additional resources for the
DRF—the Emergency Supplemental and Rescissions for Antiterrorism and Oklahoma City
Disaster, 1995 (P.L. 104-19). In other cases, the DRF was used as an offset for disaster assistance
provided through other federal entities.9
Offsetting the Administration’s supplemental request, however, would be complicated by two key
factors. First, as the federal government is operating under a continuing resolution, there is no
baseline appropriation in the current fiscal year to offset from. It is also worth noting the scale of
the offset required. The budget authority sought in the request is more than all but 3 of the 12
general appropriations bills for FY2012, and exceeds the 3 smallest appropriations bills from that
year combined—even if none of the nearly $13 billion in the Administration’s mitigation request
were counted.
The Administration’s request, House-passed H.R. 152, and Senate-passed H.R. 1 as amended did
not include offsets, and the Administration’s request letter and Statement of Administration Policy
on H.R. 152 stated the Administration’s position that the funding could and should be provided
without offset.10 However, an amendment was offered to offset $17 billion of disaster assistance
from H.R. 152 by making an across-the-board cut of 1.63% to FY2013 discretionary spending.
This failed by a vote of 162-258.
When the Senate struck the emergency designation for Army Corps of Engineers construction
activities, it allowed $3,461 million of H.R. 1 as amended to count against the FY2013
discretionary budget caps. The House legislation provides the same treatment to the $3,461
million it provides for Army Corps of Engineers construction. If this provision is enacted without
further changes, that discretionary budget authority will no longer be available to resolve the
outstanding FY2013 appropriations bills. Therefore a similar accommodation will need to be
made in the FY2013 appropriations endgame to avoid violating the budget caps.11

9 A fuller discussion of this issue can be found in CRS Report R42458, Offsets, Supplemental Appropriations, and the
Disaster Relief Fund: FY1990-FY2013, by William L. Painter.
10 Letter from Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management, to the Honorable John Boehner, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, December 7, 2012, p. 2, and OMB, “Statement of Administration Policy: Disaster Relief
Appropriations Act, 2013—H.R. 152,” January 14, 2013.
11 An unrelated provision has the effect reducing discretionary spending by $2 million in FY2013, so the net
accommodation required would be $3.459 billion.
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Comparing Past Disasters to Hurricane Sandy12
As Congress evaluates the provision of supplemental funding in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it
may compare the scope and magnitude of Hurricane Sandy to past disasters. Generally, Hurricane
Sandy has drawn numerous comparisons to other major disasters in recent memory, including
Hurricane Irene of 2011 because of the similarities in geographic region impacted, and
Hurricanes Katrina of 2005 and Andrew of 1992 because of their scope and magnitude of
damage. Some measurements of comparison speak to the loss of life, the disruption of daily
activities of citizens, or the economic impacts to the local and regional economies.13 While these
comparisons can help illustrate the scale of devastation from one disaster to another, it is
important to note that all disasters, and especially disasters of the magnitude of Hurricane Sandy,
are produced by a set of unique circumstances that result in an equally unique set of needs for
assistance from the federal government.
Two major concepts should be considered when comparing the need for federal assistance
following disasters. First, because of the federalism principles of emergency management—that
the federal government generally provides assistance to supplement the work of state, tribal, and
local governments only after they become overwhelmed and only at their request—the varying
capabilities of a state/tribal/local government can change the types and scope of assistance
provided by the federal government. This issue was discussed by the Administrator of FEMA in
recent testimony on Hurricane Sandy. In reference to the denial of an application for one form of
disaster assistance (individual assistance), Administrator Fugate explained that decisions to
provide federal assistance are based not upon the need of any particular individual, but upon the
need of the state as whole and whether the state is capable of addressing that need without federal
assistance.14
Second, the relative levels of federal assistance required for each disaster depend on the
proportional impact to various sectors of the community. For example, a particular disaster may
destroy one community’s business district and overwhelm the ability of the state to respond to
that impact, while another may significantly damage the majority of the community’s public
facilities. In the first disaster, the assistance from the federal government may be noteworthy for
the relatively large amount of loan assistance provided by the Small Business Administration,
while the second disaster may be noteworthy for the relatively large amount of assistance
provided through the FEMA’s Public Assistance (PA) program.
Some additional disaster specific factors that may inhibit the usefulness of general disaster to
disaster comparisons include:
• The density and socioeconomic status of the impacted population;
• The percentage of properties and private/public losses that were insured, and the
adequacy of the insurance coverage; and

12 Prepared by Jared Brown, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy, 7-4918.
13 For a description of how economic damage is difficult to evaluate in particular, see
http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2012/12/what-are-the-costs-of-superstorm-sandy.html.
14 U.S. Congress, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, A Review of the Preparedness, Response to
and Recovery from Hurricane Sandy, 112th Cong., 2nd sess., November 4, 2012.
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• The number of jurisdictions impacted by the disaster, and whether these
jurisdictions span multiple states requiring greater federal coordination of the
response and recovery effort.

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Table 2. Selected CRS Experts by Supplemental Request
Agency
Bureau
Account
Background Report
Analyst, E-mail, and Phone
Emergency
Conservation
Farm Service Agency
Program
CRS Report R42854, Emergency
Commodity Credit
Assistance for Agricultural Land
Megan Stubbs, mstubbs@crs.loc.gov, 7-8707
Department of
Corporation Fund
Rehabilitation
Agriculture
Watershed and Flood
Natural Resources
Prevention
Conservation Service
Operations
Food and Nutrition
Commodity
CRS Report R42353, Domestic Food
Service
Assistance Program
Assistance: Summary of Programs
Randy Alison Aussenberg, raussenberg@crs.loc.gov, 7-8641
Operations, Research
National
and Facilities
CRS Report R42440, Commerce,
Department of
Oceanographic and
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Harry Upton, hupton@crs.loc.gov, 7-2264
Commerce
Atmospheric
Procurement,
FY2013 Appropriations
Administration
Acquisition, and
Construction
Operations and

Operations and
Maintenance, Army
Department of
Maintenance
Pat Towell, ptowell@crs.loc.gov, 7-2122
Operations and

Defense
Maintenance, Navy
Daniel H. Else, delse@crs.loc.gov, 7-4996
Revolving and
Working Capital

Management Funds
Fund, Navy
Investigations
Corps of Engineers -
Construction
CRS Report R42841, Army Corps
Nicole Carter, ncarter@crs.loc.gov, 7-0854
Civil Works
Supplemental Appropriations: Recent
Operations and Maintenance
History, Trends, and Policy Issues
Charles Stern, cstern@crs.loc.gov, 7-7786
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies
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Agency
Bureau
Account
Background Report
Analyst, E-mail, and Phone
General Services
CRS Report R42730, Financial
Administration
Federal Buildings Fund
Services and General Government:
Garrett Hatch, ghatch@crs.loc.gov, 7-7822
FY2013 Appropriations
Salaries and Expenses
CRS Report R42037, SBA Surety
Bond Guarantee Program
Small Business
Office of the Inspector General
Sean Lowry, slowry@crs.loc.gov, 7-9154
Administration
CRS Report R41309, The SBA
Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund
Disaster Loan Program: Overview and
Bruce Lindsay, blindsay@crs.loc.gov, 7-3752
Disaster Loan Program Account
Possible Issues for Congress
Operating Expenses
Coast Guard
Acquisition,

John Frittelli, jfrittelli@crs.loc.gov, 7-7033
Construction and
Improvements
CRS Report R40708, Disaster Relief
Funding and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations
Bruce Lindsay, blindsay@crs.loc.gov, 7-3752
Disaster Relief Fund
CRS Report RL33053, Federal
Francis X. McCarthy, fmccarthy@crs.loc.gov, 7-9533
Department of
Stafford Act Disaster Assistance:
Homeland Security
Jared T. Brown, jbrowm@crs.loc.gov, 7-4918
Presidential Declarations, Eligible
Activities, and Funding
FEMA
CRS Report R42527, FEMA’s
Disaster Assistance
Community Disaster Loan Program:
Direct Loan Program
History, Analysis, and Issues for
Jared T. Brown, jbrowm@crs.loc.gov, 7-4918
Congress
National Flood
CRS Report R42850, The National
Insurance Fund
Flood Insurance Program: Status and
Rawle O. King, rking@crs.loc.gov, 7-5975
Remaining Issues for Congress
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Agency
Bureau
Account
Background Report
Analyst, E-mail, and Phone
Resource
Management
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
CRS Report R42466, Fish and
Department of the
Service
Wildlife Service: FY2013
Lynne Corn, lcorn@crs.loc.gov, 7-7267
Interior
Appropriations and Policy
Construction
National Park Service
Construction

Carol Hardy-Vincent, chvincent@crs.loc.gov, 7-8651
Environmental Programs and Management
Environmental
Hazardous Substance Superfund
CRS Report R42520, Environmental
Protection Agency
Protection Agency (EPA):
Rob Esworthy, resworthy@crs.loc.gov, 7-7236
LUST Trust Fund
Appropriations for FY2013
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
Employment and
CRS Report R41135, The
Department of Labor
Training
Training and
Workforce Investment Act and the
David Bradley, dbradley@crs.loc.gov, 7-7352
Administration
Employment Services
One-Stop Delivery System
Social Services Block
CRS Report 94-953, Social Services
Administration for
Grant
Block Grant: Background and Funding Karen Lynch, klynch@crs.loc.gov, 7-6899
Children and Families
Department of Health
Children and Families
CRS Report RL30952, Head Start:
and Human Services
Services Programs
Background and Issues
Departmental
Public Health and
Management
Social Services

Sarah Lister, slister@crs.loc.gov, 7-7320
Emergency Fund
Department of
Military Construction
Military Construction, CRS Report R42586, Military
Daniel H. Else, delse@crs.loc.gov, 7-4996
Defense
Army National Guard
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies: FY2013
Department of
Departmental
Construction, Major
Appropriations
Sidath Panangala, spanangala@crs.loc.gov, 7-0623
Veterans’ Affairs
Administration
Projects
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Agency
Bureau
Account
Background Report
Analyst, E-mail, and Phone
Federal Aviation
Facilities and
CRS Report R42781, Federal Civil
Bart Elias, belias@crs.loc.gov, 7-7771
Administration
Equipment
Aviation Programs: An Overview
CRS Report R42804, Emergency
Federal Highway
Emergency Relief
Relief Program: Federal-Aid Highway
Robert Kirk, rkirk@crs.loc.gov, 7-7769
Administration
Program
Assistance for Disaster-Damaged
Department of
Roads and Bridges
Transportation
Federal Railroad
Operating Subsidy
CRS Report RL33492, Amtrak:
D. Randall Peterman, dpeterman@crs.loc.gov, 7-3267
Administration
Grants to NRPC
Budget and Reauthorization
Federal Transit
Public Transportation
CRS Report R42706, Federal Public
Administration
Emergency Relief
Transportation Program: An Overview
William Mallett, wmallett@crs.loc.gov, 7-2216
Program
Public and Indian
Tenant-Based Rental
Housing Programs
Assistance

Maggie McCarty, mmccarty@crs.loc.gov, 7-2163
Department of
Housing and Urban
CRS Report R41754, Community
Development
Community Planning
Community
Development Block Grants: Funding
and Development
Development Fund
Issues in the 112th Congress and
Eugene Boyd, eboyd@crs.loc.gov, 7-8689
Recent Funding History

CRS-18

Summary Report: Congressional Action on the FY2013 Disaster Supplemental

Author Contact Information

William L. Painter, Coordinator
Jared T. Brown
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland
Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland
Security Policy
Security Policy
wpainter@crs.loc.gov, 7-3335
jbrown@crs.loc.gov, 7-4918

Congressional Research Service
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