Amendment to Provide Additional Support for Superstorm Sandy Recovery

Jan. 15, 2013 | H.Amdt.5 to H.R. 152

Superstorm Sandy ravaged the East Coast in November 2012. While the Senate passed a relief bill in December. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) cancelled a vote on the Senate bill. Finally in late January Boehner brought a disaster relief bill to the floor. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) offered an amendment that added $33.7 billion to the bill for long-term recovery and mitigation spending to address the storm damage. The amendment was approved.