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STAND Act

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 by Rep. W. Gregory Steube

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Latest action · Jan 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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