Federal Emergency Management Agency

A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States

A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Details

A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1987-01-22 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 100 United States Congress by Jamie Lloyd Whitten in relation with: Appropriations, Armed forces and national security, Civil service compensation, Congress and Members of Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional salaries and pensions, Congressional veto, Courts and Civil Procedure, Disaster relief, Disasters and Disaster Relief, Economics and public finance, Executive impoundment of appropriated funds, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal aid to housing, Federal employees, Federal employees and officials, Federal officials, Food and Food Industry, Food relief, Government operations and politics, Health, Health facilities, Home care services, Homeless, Housing and Housing Finance, Judges, Judicial compensation, Members of Congress, Mental care facilities, Mental health, Mental health services, Public Welfare and Charities, Public assistance programs, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Salaries, Social welfare, Veterans’ medical care, Veterans’ rehabilitation.

A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency became law (1) in the United States on 1987-02-12. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Appropriations (HSAP)
Senate Appropriations (SSAP)

Sponsor

Jamie Lloyd Whitten, Democrat, Representative from Mississippi, district 1

Act Overview

• Number: 102 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (4)
• Date First Introduced: 1987-01-22
• Sponsor Name: Jamie Lloyd Whitten
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1987-02-12
• Type: hjres (7)
• Main Topic: Social welfare
• Related Bills: (8)
• Summary of A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

(Measure passed Senate amended roll call #12 (78-5)) Rescinds specified disaster relief funds under the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act 1987 and made available by Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591. Transfers a specified amount from previously appropriated FY 1987 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster relief funds to the emergency food and shelter program. Transfers from such funds a specified amount to the Veterans Administration (VA) for treatment of chronically mentally ill veterans as provided for by this Act. Amends Federal law to authorize the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to contract for care treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses therapeutic communities psychiatric residential treatment centers and other community-based treatment facilities of eligible veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. Includes within such coverage homeless veterans with such disabilities. Requires the Administrator to approve the quality and effectiveness of such program before entering into a contract for such care. Requires the Administrator to designate a VA employee to provide case management services for each veteran provided care and services under this provision. Sets forth the order of priority for providing such care to eligible veterans. Authorizes the Administrator to contract to provide in-kind assistance under this provision. Requires the VA to receive full reimbursement from the contract facility for any such in-kind assistance provided. Directs the Administrator no later than three years after the enactment of this Act to report to the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees concerning the provision of such services. Disapproves the recommendations of the President relating to pay rates of Members of Congress Federal judges and Federal officials under the Executive Schedule. Disapproves a proposed deferral (D87-33) of budget authority for the Department of Agriculture’s temporary emergency food assistance program.

Act Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency)
• [Note 4] A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1987-01-22) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
• [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
• [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to A joint resolution making emergency additional funds available by transfer for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

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Appropriations
Armed forces and national security
Civil service compensation
Congress and Members of Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional salaries and pensions
Congressional veto
Courts and Civil Procedure
Disaster relief
Disasters and Disaster Relief
Economics and public finance
Executive impoundment of appropriated funds
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to housing
Federal employees
Federal employees and officials
Federal officials
Food and Food Industry
Food relief
Government operations and politics
Health
Health facilities
Home care services
Homeless
Housing and Housing Finance
Judges
Judicial compensation
Members of Congress
Mental care facilities
Mental health
Mental health services
Public Welfare and Charities
Public assistance programs
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Salaries
Social welfare
Veterans’ medical care
Veterans’ rehabilitation

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.