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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 1370

Introduced

USA FIRST Act

Sponsor
RJosh Brecheen· Oklahoma
Introduced
February 14, 2025
Policy area
Emergency Management
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.February 14, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1370 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1370

To transfer unobligated funds from the United States Agency for 
International Development to the Disaster Relief Fund.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 14, 2025

Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Donalds) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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A BILL

To transfer unobligated funds from the United States Agency for 
International Development to the Disaster Relief Fund.

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 ``Unobligated Spending Adjustment to 
Focus Investment on Relief and Support for Taxpayers Act'' or the ``USA 
FIRST Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS TO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

(a) In General.--Any unobligated covered funds shall be transferred 
to the Disaster Relief Fund to carry out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 
with respect to major disasters declared under section 401 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170).
(b) Covered Funds Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
funds'' means any unobligated funds previously appropriated to the 
United States Agency for International Development, as of the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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