H.R. 6750: Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-31 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-31 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act

Plain summary

Whatever It Takes to Rebuild Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) authorize the President to make disaster loans to any state government that suffers a substantial loss of tax and other revenue as a result of a major disaster and demonstrates a need for financial assistance in order to perform its governmental functions; (2) repeal the $5 million cap for disaster loans; and (3) exempt a disaster loan made to a state or local government that suffers a substantial loss of revenues as a result of a major disaster the President determines to be a catastrophic event from the percentage of the annual state or local government operating budget limitations and from the payment of any interest or principal.

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Official text

Whatever It Takes To Rebuild Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] · 0 cosponsors

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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.
Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr6750.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6750 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110