(Bloomberg) – The Senate sent President Donald Trump a $36.5 billion hurricane relief bill Tuesday that gives Puerto Rico access to $4.9 billion in low-interest Treasury loans, amid concerns that recovery efforts from the recent disasters will require significantly more funding.
The measure, passed 82-17, also would replenish the troubled National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which runs out of money as early as this week.
Related: KCC estimates insured losses from Hurricane Maria will be $30 billion
|Failed push for more Texas & Florida aid
The vote followed a failed push by Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas to insert more disaster recovery aid into the bill for his state, hit hard by flooding from Hurricane Harvey in late August. Democrat Bill Nelson of Florida also pushed unsuccessfully for up to $3 billion more for his state's citrus industry. Cornyn told reporters Trump assured him that the White House would request the funds for Texas in November.
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