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“On agreeing to the Greene (GA) amendment (A018) Failed by recorded vote: 60 - 370 (Roll no. 256).”
This amendment attempted to cancel all funding for a military program that provides humanitarian aid and disaster relief to other countries. The House rejected the proposal, so the program's budget remains in the larger defense bill.
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An amendment numbered 23 printed in Part A of House Report 119-255 to strike funding for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid program.
“On agreeing to the Greene (GA) amendment (A018) Failed by recorded vote: 60 - 370 (Roll no. 256).”
This amendment attempted to cancel all funding for a military program that provides humanitarian aid and disaster relief to other countries. The House rejected the proposal, so the program's budget remains in the larger defense bill.
The OHDACA program allows the U.S. military to respond to global emergencies like earthquakes or floods; cutting this funding would have ended these specific military-led aid missions.
Foreign nations receiving U.S. military disaster relief and the U.S. military units responsible for delivering that aid are most directly affected by the status of this funding.