American Relief Act, 2025
# Summary of the Legislative Document
This document is a comprehensive U.S. government bill containing multiple divisions that extend funding, authorize appropriations, and modify existing programs. The bill is structured into the following divisions:
## Division A: Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025
- Extends funding for government operations through fiscal year 2025
- Includes specific appropriations for various departments and programs
- Contains provisions for budgetary effects and reporting requirements
- Extends certain authorities through September 30, 2025
## Division B: Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025
- Provides $12,039,000,000 for the Community Development Fund for disaster recovery
- Allocates funds specifically for recovery from Hurricanes Milton and Helene
- Includes $8,086,020,000 for the Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program (including 100% federal share for Francis Scott Key Bridge repair)
- Contains detailed requirements for fund allocation, reporting, and use
- Includes provisions for environmental reviews and permit adoption
## Division C: Health Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2025
- Extends community health centers funding through March 31, 2025
- Extends Medicare programs including:
* Increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals
* Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program
* Add-on payments for ambulance services
* Telehealth flexibilities (extending until March 31, 2025)
* Acute hospital care at home waiver authorities
- Extends Medicaid programs and eliminates certain disproportionate share hospital payment cuts
- Extends special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and for Indians
## Division D: Extension of Agricultural Programs
- Extends agricultural programs through September 30, 2025
- Details how commodity programs will operate for the 2025 crop year
- Includes specific extensions for dairy margin coverage, dairy forward pricing, and payment amounts
- Specifies which programs are exempt from extension requirements
## Division E: Other Matters
- Extends the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program through March 14, 2025
- Extends protection of facilities from unmanned aircraft through March 14, 2025
- Extends the additional special assessment through March 14, 2025
- Extends national cybersecurity protection system authorization through March 14, 2025
- Extends temporary order for fentanyl-related substances through March 31, 2025
- Extends public debt limit through January 29, 2027
This bill represents a comprehensive legislative package that addresses government funding continuity, disaster recovery, health program extensions, agricultural program extensions, and various other legislative modifications.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2024
House Failed
Dec 2024
President
Introduced Dec 19, 2024
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Floor votes · House Dec 19, 2024
How they voted
174–235
Failed · 21 other
Total votes 430
Dec 19, 2024
D
Democratic211
93% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican218
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Dec 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Dec 19, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Dec 19, 2024
Vote failed
House Vote: Failed (174-235-21)
house
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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