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.)
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 118-73.
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 118-73.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
Mrs. Cammack moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2803-2805)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 662.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Senate Committee on Appropriations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Appropriations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5284-5285)
Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: 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.
Roll Call #285 (Senate)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.
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