Quote (Kamahl16 @ Aug 8 2020 04:45pm)
I didn't know you could do that through an executive order, or is it only because he's extending existing legislation that it is possible? I am interested in them making the full text of the order available to read it.
I'm happy they approved the 400 though, I was worried I wouldn't be able to pay bills in the weeks coming up as my income got gashed by the provisions expiring. I'm curious how the 25% the state is required to supply will go down in Nevada, I know he had a hard time with the budget out here as all the unprecedented shit really ravaged our state (Nevada).
/e also the orders are now on whitehouse.gov
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-continued-student-loan-payment-relief-covid-19-pandemic/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-fighting-spread-covid-19-providing-assistance-renters-homeowners/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-deferring-payroll-tax-obligations-light-ongoing-covid-19-disaster/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-authorizing-needs-assistance-program-major-disaster-declarations-related-coronavirus-disease-2019/so to be very specific: He's citing FEMA as his budget authority for unemployment relief, and the $300 federal aid is explicitly conditioned on governors ponying up their $100, there's no freebie $300 without state aid chipped in;
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(b) To help meet the needs of the American people during this unprecedented and continuously evolving public health crisis, the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), acting through the FEMA Administrator, is authorized to make available other needs assistance for lost wages, in accordance with section 408(e)(2) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)(2)) (“lost wages assistance”), to the people of a State, including the members of any tribe residing therein, if the Governor requests lost wages assistance and agrees to administer delivery and provide adequate oversight of the program, for a major disaster I declared pursuant to section 401 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) for COVID-19, under the following conditions:
(i) the Governor requests from the FEMA Administrator a grant for lost wages assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5174(f)(1)(A) and agrees to the cost-sharing requirement of 42 U.S.C. 5174(g)(2); and
(ii) the Governor administers delivery of financial assistance for lost wages in conjunction with the State’s unemployment insurance system.
(c) In exercising this authority, the Secretary, acting through the FEMA Administrator, shall, subject to the limitations above, approve a lost wages assistance program that authorizes the Governor to provide a $400 payment per week, which shall reflect a $300 Federal contribution, to eligible claimants from the week of unemployment ending August 1, 2020.
This post was edited by Goomshill on Aug 8 2020 03:54pm