H.R. 662Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

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Sponsor: Scott Franklin [R-FL-18]
Cosponsors: 31 · 21 Republicans · 10 Democrats
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Committees: Agriculture Committee, Appropriations Committee
Latest action: Nov 1, 2023 · 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.

IntroducedJan 31, 2023
Passed the HouseJun 12, 2023
Failed in the SenateNov 1, 2023
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

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.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 662 as passed House on Jun 12, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedSenate roll call 285

Senate Nov 1, 2023

On Passage of the Bill

H.R. 662, as amended

Bill Defeated

43 Yea 53 Nay 4 not voting

Party-line vote 3 of 96 voting members broke with their own party: 3 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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All members100 members

Democratic48 members

Independent3 members

Republican49 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors31 · 21 Republicans · 10 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 662 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 662Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedSenate roll call 285

On Passage of the Bill

How the chamber split

Cosponsors31 · 21 Republicans · 10 Democrats

H.R. 662Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedSenate roll call 285

On Passage of the Bill

How the chamber split

Cosponsors31 · 21 Republicans · 10 Democrats

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