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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 459 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To withhold bilateral, multilateral, and humanitarian non-defense foreign as- |
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| 6 | 6 | | sistance with respect to which of the President has declared a disaster |
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| 7 | 7 | | under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance |
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| 8 | 8 | | Act. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | TEUBEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To withhold bilateral, multilateral, and humanitarian non- |
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| 16 | 16 | | defense foreign assistance with respect to which of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | President has declared a disaster under the Robert T. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Taxpayer As-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | sistance during Natural Disasters Act’’ or the ‘‘STAND 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 459 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF BILATERAL, MULTILATERAL, 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | AND HUMANITARIAN NON-DEFENSE FOREIGN 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ASSISTANCE. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—No Federal funds may be obli-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gated or expended by the Department of State or the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | United States Agency for International Development for 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | bilateral, multilateral, or humanitarian non-defense for-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | eign assistance within 60 days of the date on which a dis-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | aster has occurred and with respect to which of the Presi-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dent has declared a disaster under the Robert T. Stafford 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 5121 et seq.). 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) W |
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| 42 | 42 | | AIVER.—The prohibition under subsection (a) 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | may be waived in accordance with the provisions of a joint 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | resolution providing for such waiver that is enacted into 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | law after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Æ |
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