disaster relief
noun
: money to help rebuild an area after a disaster
The state is asking for federal disaster relief.
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Houston Restaurant Weeks is back for its annual fundraiser benefiting the Houston Food Bank, which has been busy with Hurricane Beryl disaster relief.
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Key negotiators broadly agree on potentially appropriating extra money for disaster relief, including to reconstruct Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, rebuild parts of Hawaii decimated by fires, and address other areas of the country harmed by storms and tornadoes.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The law also created new exceptions for disaster relief, those with a terminal illness, and domestic abuse survivors.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 July 2024
Overall, the Fishes Act expedites the deployment of federal fishery disaster relief by cutting unnecessary red tape and enacting a 30-day decision requirement for the Office of Management and Budget to either deny or approve a state’s spending plan.
—Byron Donalds, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Key negotiators broadly agree on potentially appropriating extra money for disaster relief, including to reconstruct Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, rebuild parts of Hawaii decimated by fires, and address other areas of the country harmed by storms and tornadoes.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The law also created new exceptions for disaster relief, those with a terminal illness, and domestic abuse survivors.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 16 July 2024
Overall, the Fishes Act expedites the deployment of federal fishery disaster relief by cutting unnecessary red tape and enacting a 30-day decision requirement for the Office of Management and Budget to either deny or approve a state’s spending plan.
—Byron Donalds, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
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“Disaster relief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaster%20relief. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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