The Biden Administration recently proposed a stopgap-spending bill of $30 billion to fund disaster aid and Afghan refugee resettlement as the 2021 fiscal year comes to a close on September 30th. The White House is pushing lawmakers to consider a continuing resolution to allow more time for Congress to pass a funding bill.

In a September 3, 2021 memo, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja announced the establishment of an Emergency Leave Transfer Program (ELTP) to help federal employees who were adversely affected by Hurricane Ida.