The House’s bill is nearly double the White House’s request of $44 billion, which was panned by both parties as too paltry. | AP Photo House unveils massive $81 billion disaster aid package

The House on Monday night disclosed the details of a staggering $81 billion disaster aid package, the largest single funding request for natural calamities in U.S. history.

If approved, Congress will have spent more than $130 billion on a spate of deadly hurricanes and wildfires this fall, outpacing the total amount of aid after both Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy.


The funding bill is split among Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as states ravaged by wildfires.

The bill contains tens of billions of dollars each for FEMA and Community Development Block Grant programs, and $12 billion for reconstruction projects by the Army Corps of Engineers.

It also contains several billion for education programs, highway rebuilding, small business loans and military construction projects.

Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) said the funding is a crucial part of the government’s response to “some of the largest major hurricanes, wildfires, and agriculture losses this country has ever seen.”

The bill — which had been stalled for weeks as lawmakers haggled over funding levels — is nearly double the White House’s $44 billion request.

House GOP leaders plan to approve the 184-page package this week, either as part of this week’s stopgap funding bill or as a standalone bill.

If approved, it would bring the total disaster aid approved this year to a record $132.75 billion.

Funding includes:

— $26.1 billion for Community Development Block Grants

— $12.1 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers

— $3.8 billion for the Department of Agriculture

— $2.9 billion for hurricane education recovery

— $1.5 billion to repair Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Reserve, National Guard, Coast Guard, and medical military facilities

— $1.4 billion to address all current damage to federal highways caused by designated disasters

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The largest storms, Harvey, Irma and Maria, are widely reported to have caused more than $200 billion in damage. All three hit landfall within two months.

Lawmakers from storm-ravaged states, particularly Florida and Texas, have vowed to oppose this week’s short-term government funding bill if Congress doesn’t approve the aid before leaving town for Christmas.

The long-awaited package has been held up for weeks as lawmakers haggled for more funding than the White House’s Nov. 17 request.

Texas alone sought $61 billion — a massive ask that required House appropriators to comb through the sprawling request.

Congress spent roughly $120 billion on Hurricane Katrina recovery and $60 billion for Hurricane Sandy.