OMB director Shalanda Young said the administration will need an additional $6.4 billion to process and resettle Afghans, and at least $24 billion for disaster aid.
The Biden administration is asking Congress to appropriate billions in additional funding for natural disaster relief and for processing and resettling Afghan refugees as a part of a proposed stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past a critical budget deadline.... [+]
at the Somerset County Emergency Management Training Center in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey on September 7, 2021. - President Joe Biden headed Tuesday to storm-ravaged New York and New Jersey, just days after inspecting the damage caused by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. Biden — who is pushing a giant infrastructure spending bill, including major funding for the green economy — argues that extreme weather across the United States this summer is a harbinger of worse climate change to come.
Young said that in addition to funding critical public services to avoid “severe disruptions,” Congress should appropriate $6.4 billion to help screen and resettle Afghans who assisted U.S. forces and wereAn administration official said those funds include $2.4 billion to fund the bases where Afghans are being screened, $1.3 billion for resettlement operations, $1.7 billion for refugee benefits and services and $193 million to accelerate the application process for permanent resident status.
Young also called for at least $14 billion in natural disaster assistance covering storms, fires and other disasters over the last 18 months – including Hurricanes Laura and Delta – estimating that damage from“Climate change is producing more severe natural disasters like storms and wildfires,” an administration official said of the need for additional disaster relief in a press call.
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