# Changes the law that created the National Policy to Combat Desertification and Mitigate the Effects of Drought.

- Bill: PL 5350/2023
- Subject: [Environment](https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/assunto/meio-ambiente/)
- Latest vote: March 27, 2024
- Page: https://votodeverdade.com.br/en/projeto/2401227/
- Official text: https://www.camara.leg.br/proposicoesWeb/prop_mostrarintegra?codteor=2355054 (The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.)

## Summary

Changes the law that created the National Policy to Combat Desertification and Mitigate the Effects of Drought. It seeks to guarantee water and food security in the semiarid region, provide for emergency programs against drought and create credit lines to rebuild small family and community production.

## Key points

- Amends Law No. 13.153/2015, on the policy to combat desertification and drought
- Deals with water and food security in Brazil's semiarid region
- Provides for the use of emergency drought-relief programs in specified areas
- Provides financing to rebuild small family and community production

## Votes

- March 27, 2024: approved, vote type: symbolic (no vote recorded for each deputy). Approved the Global Substitute Sub-amendment to Bill No. 5.350 of 2023, adopted by the rapporteur of the Urban Development Committee.

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