While the president promises billions in aid to help Texas recover from Harvey, Republicans are looking at a near $1 billion cut from federal disaster relief funds to help build Donald Trump's border wall.

The Associated Press reports the pending $876 million cut to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's budget will be mulled over when lawmakers return from August's recess. The proposed cut to disaster relief is included in the spending bill the House will consider upon return.

Since there is only a reported $2.3 billion remaining in the federal disaster account, A.P. reports Republican lawmakers are expected to reverse the cuts to disaster aid as Houston recovers. The proposed cuts to disaster funds were decided on well before Harvey was a real thing.

Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coastline as a Category 4 hurricane Saturday morning, and there have been three confirmed deaths. The storm hit land again Wednesday when it crashed into southwest Louisiana as a tropical storm.

The National Weather Service says nearly 50 inches of rain had fallen as of Tuesday morning. The previous Texas record for rainfall was 48 inches, which was set back in 1978 in Medina.

The proposed cuts, if they were to go into effect, would reportedly cover about half of the proposed cost of Trump's down payment on the U.S.-Mexico border wall, A.P. reports. The president has repeatedly promised the wall would be built, and that Mexico would pay for it.

Trump's border wall was not funded under a $1 trillion-plus government-wide funding deal that Republicans and Democrats agreed upon in late April.

Throughout his campaign and the infancy the presidency, Trump promised Mexico would pay for a border wall before seeking $1.4 billion in taxpayer money for the wall and "related costs." Trump eventually pulled back on these demands and said the border wall issue could wait until the fall.

A.P. reports Trump will meet with congressional leaders next week, in which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, are expected to attend. The news organization cited anonymous aides in reporting the expected meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 6.

During an aggressive political rally in Phoenix last week, Trump threatened to shut down the government if Congress failed to fund his border wall.

"If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," Trump said. He then added that the Democrats were putting the country at a security risk by not supporting his Mexico border wall."