HR 4669 119th Congress
FEMA Act of 2025
To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
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Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the House. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · House floor actions · Code H11100 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · House floor actions · Code H11100 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in House | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code Intro-H | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in House | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 1000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in House | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReferred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · House committee actions · Code H11000 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · House committee actions · Code H11000 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · House committee actions · Code H19000 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | No additional detail supplied.Committee · House committee actions · Code H15001 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionSubcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged | No additional detail supplied.Committee · House committee actions · Code H25000 | Congress.gov |
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Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 or the FEMA Act of 2025This bill reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (currently within the Department of Homeland Security) as an independent, cabinet-level agency. It also makes broad changes to FEMA’s disaster and hazard mitigation assistance programs.The bill generally transfers FEMA’s current functions and authorities to the independent FEMA, except for certain security-related programs. The bill makes various changes to the Public Assistance program, including byestablishing new grants for expedited funding to repair or replace disaster-damaged facilities,establishing block grants that recipients may choose instead of Public Assistance for smaller disasters,expediting and expanding uses of funding for emergency response and debris removal, andallowing use of excess administrative funds for increasing recipients’ disaster management capacity. The bill makes various changes to the Individual Assistance program, including byexpanding eligibility for housing assistance,expanding mitigation and direct (non-financial) assistance for residences,reducing certain restrictions on funds duplicating program benefits, and establishing a unified disaster application system.The bill makes various changes to FEMA’s mitigation programs, including byestablishing mitigation plans with preapproved projects,authorizing an entire Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grant to be provided before costs are incurred,changing pre-disaster mitigation assistance to noncompetitive formula grants, and allowing recipients to combine mitigation project funds from multiple federal programs.Additionally, federal entities must publish various information relating to disaster assistance and conduct various studies on related topics (e.g., preliminary damage assessments, fast-moving disasters, and government emergency alerting systems).
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- Introduced in HouseJul 23, 2025