125th Morrison Congress

2nd Session

S. 125-0
Title of the Bill: Hurricane Relief Act

Main Author(s): Sen. Nathan King

Co-Sponsor(s):

BE IT ENACTED BY THE MORRISON CONGRESS

1 SECTION 1: Findings
2 Congress makes the following findings:
3 1)Analytics firm Corelogic on Tuesday estimated total insured and uninsured losses
4 from damage to properties from Hurricane Irma at $42.5-$65 billion. (ii)
5 2)displaced more than 1 million (iii)
6 3)Unemployment in each State of Texas and Florida are near to the national
7 average (i)
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9SECTION 2: Purpose
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To provide aid to the citizens that were devastated by the hurricanes.
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SECTION 3: General Provisions
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Appropriations are to be diverted to the respective aid companies to rebuild the damages
14 caused by hurricanes
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Raise revenue to add to the effort
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Regulate the process of getting refugees from this incident back into working society
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SECTION 4: Definitions
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Works Cited:
(i)https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/15/texas-and-florida-face-economic-blow-from-hurricanes-
harvey-and-irma.html
(ii)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hurricane-irma-corelogic/corelogic-estimates-hurricane-
irma-property-damage-at-42-5-65-billion-idUSKCN1BU28T

(iii)http://fortune.com/2017/09/03/hurricane-harvey-damages-cost/