Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of "Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm" Act of 1992

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Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of "Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm" Act of 1992 - Makes dire emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 to carry out this Act. Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Chapter I: Department of Defense - Military - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation for additional costs associated with operations in and around the Persian Gulf known as Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including the authorized transfer during FY 1992 of amounts from either the Defense Cooperation Account, or the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund. Chapter II: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency for: (1) emergency disaster assistance payments in presidentially-declared disasters; (2) existing emergencies and major disasters created by wildfires in California, Washington, Virginia, and other States; and (3) other emergencies and major disasters, including those causing the loss of life or loss of or damage to roads and bridges, highways, schools, libraries, and other State or local government public buildings. Chapter III: Department of Agriculture - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for recent natural disasters. Chapter IV: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of the Army for the Corps of Engineers-Civil for flood control in the Mississippi River and tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee to meet dire emergency needs resulting from devastating flooding in the lower Mississippi Valley. Chapter V: Department of the Interior - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for emergency situations caused by landslides and other abandoned mine-related disasters which result in the imminent potential loss of life or property. Chapter VI - Department of Commerce - Makes supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the loss of critical computer and related telecommunications equipment destroyed by fire. Title II: General Provisions - Declares the findings of the Congress with respect to dire emergency conditions. Designates all funds in this Act as "emergency requirements" for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

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• Passed House amended

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 October 1991

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