HR 459
STAND Act
Summary
Securing Taxpayer Assistance during Natural Disasters Act or the STAND Act This bill prohibits the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development from obligating or expending federal funds for bilateral, multilateral, or humanitarian non-defense foreign assistance within the first 60 days following a presidentially declared major disaster. The prohibition may be waived if a joint resolution of Congress providing for such a waiver is enacted into law.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. W. Gregory Steube [R-FL-17]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Emergency Management
- Introduced
- 2025-01-15
- Latest action
- 2025-01-15: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-15: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2025-01-15: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-15: Introduced in House