The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy: In Brief (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Dec. 4, 2014 |
| Report Number |
R43396 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Jared T. Brown, Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
On the evening of October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy, the second-largest Atlantic storm on record, made landfall in southern New Jersey. The consequences of the storm included at least the deaths of 159 people, over 23,000 people who required temporary shelters, 8.5 million customers who were left without power, approximately $65 billion in damages, and 650,000 homes that were damaged or destroyed. As with other major natural disaster events, some Members of Congress responded to Hurricane Sandy by holding a series of hearings to gather information and visiting the affected region to assess the damage and to confer with state and local officials. On January 29, 2013, Congress passed the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2), a $50.5 billion package of disaster assistance largely focused on responding to Hurricane Sandy. The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, provided supplemental funding to over 66 different accounts and programs, including $16.0 billion for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, $11.5 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund, $10.9 billion for the Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program, and $5.4 billion total for disaster-related activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (pre-sequester). In addition, the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (SRIA), passed as Division B of P.L. 113-2, reformed key provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288 as amended). The supplemental appropriation was also preceded by Congress providing an additional $9.7 billion in borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in P.L. 113-1 on January 6, 2013.
