H.R. 662 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023
Cosponsors: 31 (10 D, 21 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-01-31
Latest action (2023-11-01): 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.
What H.R. 662 does, in plain terms
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.)
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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