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H.R. 662 · 118th Congress

Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

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  1. House Introduced Jan 31, 2023
  2. House Passed Jun 12, 2023
  3. Senate Failed Nov 1, 2023 43–53

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jun 12, 2023

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.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

About this bill and sources

Official title: Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Latest action (Nov 1, 2023): 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.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 31, 2023

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  1. House Introduced Jan 31, 2023
  2. House Passed Jun 12, 2023
  3. Senate Failed Nov 1, 2023 43–53

Final vote · Senate · Nov 1, 2023

Passage — Bill Defeated. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Charles E. Schumer

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Dan SullivanRAKYea
Lisa MurkowskiRAKYea
Katie BrittRALYea
Tommy TubervilleRALYea
John BoozmanRARYea
Tom CottonRARYea
Kyrsten SinemaIAZNay
Mark KellyDAZNay
Alex PadillaDCANay
Laphonza ButlerDCANay
John HickenlooperDCONay
Michael BennetDCONay
Christopher MurphyDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Marco RubioRFLYea
Rick ScottRFLYea
Jon OssoffDGANay
Raphael WarnockDGANay
Brian SchatzDHINay
Mazie HironoDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIANay
Joni ErnstRIANay
James RischRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Richard DurbinDILNay
Tammy DuckworthDILNay
Mike BraunRINYea
Todd YoungRINYea
Jerry MoranRKSYea
Roger MarshallRKSYea
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
Rand PaulRKYYea
Bill CassidyRLAYea
John KennedyRLAYea
Ed MarkeyDMANay
Elizabeth WarrenDMANay
Benjamin CardinDMDNay
Chris Van HollenDMDNay
Angus KingIMENay
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Gary PetersDMINay
Amy KlobucharDMNNay
Tina SmithDMNNay
Eric SchmittRMOYea
Josh HawleyRMOYea
Cindy Hyde-SmithRMSYea
Roger WickerRMSYea
Jon TesterDMTNay
Steve DainesRMTYea
Ted BuddRNCYea
Thom TillisRNCNot Voting
John HoevenRNDYea
Kevin CramerRNDYea
Deb FischerRNEYea
Pete RickettsRNENay
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Maggie HassanDNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Cory BookerDNJNay
Ben LujánDNMNay
Martin HeinrichDNMNay
Catherine Cortez MastoDNVNay
Jacky RosenDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNay
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
J.D. VanceROHYea
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
James LankfordROKYea
Markwayne MullinROKYea
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
John FettermanDPANay
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
Tim ScottRSCNot Voting
John ThuneRSDYea
Mike RoundsRSDYea
Bill HagertyRTNYea
Marsha BlackburnRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Ted CruzRTXYea
Mike LeeRUTNot Voting
Mitt RomneyRUTYea
Mark WarnerDVANay
Tim KaineDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Peter WelchDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Ron JohnsonRWIYea
Tammy BaldwinDWINay
Joe ManchinDWVNot Voting
Shelley CapitoRWVYea
Cynthia LummisRWYYea
John BarrassoRWYYea