Puerto Rico is a commonwealth, not a territory. No presidential electoral votes. No voting congressional elected. “Resident commissioner”
U.S. Virgin Islands is a territory. No presidential electoral votes. (participates in party nominations voting). Have a Congressional delegate.
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Most recent 10 years PR Majors |
IA (individual assistance) |
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PA (public assistance) |
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$M |
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$M |
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4336 Irma |
1 |
1 |
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4040 |
10/18/11 |
$777.35 |
1,718 |
$1,335,491 |
n |
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4017 |
08/27/11 |
$1,213.01 |
27,592 |
$33,469,484 |
$54,910,850 |
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4004 |
07/14/11 |
n |
$7,427,467 |
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1946 |
10/26/10 |
n |
$21,461,321 |
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1919 |
06/24/10 |
n |
$4,867,409 |
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1798 |
09/21/08 |
$1,491.79 |
20,110 |
$29,999,815 |
$27,628,717 |
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6 |
$1,311.31 |
49,420 |
$64,804,790 |
$116,295,764 |
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Assistance from many other federal agencies is ongoing. FEMA might not be the biggest grantor/
The president may make this a 100 percent FEMA share for PA. Legislation would be required to increase/waive federal share on mitigation and “other needs assistance” (25 percent “state cost.)
Some Individual Assistance (people) for disaster recovery DR 4336
72 approved applications totaling $122,675. Lack of power & facilities ongoing problem.
Tweets:
Puerto Rico in dire financial straits before #Irma #Maria. Power Authority bankrupt. 2 Presidential decs in 10 days. FEMA share to 100%?
Puerto Rico DR 4336 is first Presidential disaster declaration in almost 6 years (DR 4040 TS Maria 10/18/11)
Puerto Rico had 5 major declarations in 16 months (DR 1919 (6/24/10) through DR 4040 (10/18/11). Declaration-free 9/22/08>6/23/10 #Irma
Of Puerto Rico’s 6 previous major disaster declarations 3 included Individual Assistance. $64.8M IA; 49,420 grants; average $1,311
FEMA “IRMA” Incident periods: Florida & Puerto Rico 27 days, US Virgin Islands 25 days. CA got rain for 150 days; 3 IPs for total of 36 days
Where can we relocate people or public facilities to that are disaster-resistant or disaster-proof?
