Bills · 118th Congress · Agriculture and Food

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/31/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 6/12/23
  3. SenateFailed 11/1/23
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House by voice vote on June 12, 2023. Failed in the Senate on November 1, 2023.

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Votes on passage
SenateOn Passage of the Bill · 11/1/23PassageThe vote on whether this chamber approves the measure — usually by a simple majority of those voting. It becomes law only once both chambers pass the same text and the president signs it, or Congress overrides a veto.House: The Legislative Process ↗
Bill Defeated
  • Democratic0 Yea · 47 Nay · 1 Not voting
  • Republican43 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 3 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.)

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Sponsor
Rep. Scott Franklin ( Republican · FL-18)
Cosponsors
31
Introduced
1/31/23
Policy area
Agriculture and Food

What happens next

This bill failed.

All actions (19)
  1. 1/31/23Introduced in House
  2. 1/31/23Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  3. 2/23/23Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  4. 5/11/23Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Discharged.
  5. 5/11/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  6. 5/11/23Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  7. 5/22/23Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 118-73.
  8. 5/22/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
  9. 6/12/23Mrs. Cammack moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 6/12/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2803-2805)
  11. 6/12/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 662.
  12. 6/12/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
  13. 6/12/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2804)
  14. 6/12/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 6/13/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  16. 11/1/23Senate Committee on Appropriations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  17. 11/1/23Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5284-5285)
  18. 11/1/23Failed of passage/not agreed to in Senate: 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.
  19. 11/1/23Under 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.