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H.R. 6365: To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to distributors of electricity for the purpose of upgrading their electrical distribution systems to provide protection against hurricanes.

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H.R. 6365: To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to distributors of electricity for the purpose of upgrading their electrical distribution systems to provide protection against hurricanes.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-12-05 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-12-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to distributors of electricity for the purpose of upgrading their electrical distribution systems to provide protection against hurricanes.

Plain summary

Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants to state and local governments that distribute electricity for the purpose of upgrading their electrical distribution systems to provide protection against hurricanes. Sets the maximum federal share of a grant at 75% of the cost of the upgrade.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to distributors of electricity for the purpose of upgrading their electrical distribution systems to provide protection against hurricanes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6365 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109