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119th Congress Emergency Management

H.R. 4669: FEMA Act of 2025

In CommitteeSep 3, 2025

  1. Introduced (completed)Jul 23, 2025
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jul 23, 2025

This 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 by

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  • establishing 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, and
  • allowing use of excess administrative funds for increasing recipients’ disaster management capacity.

The bill makes various changes to the Individual Assistance program, including by

  • expanding 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 by

  • establishing 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).

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

99

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

30 points earned
  1. 1Sam Graves R-MO SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reached a cosponsor milestone5 events+30
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History

  1. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in the House by Sam Graves.
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  1. Sep 3, 2025Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
  2. Sep 3, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  3. Sep 3, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
  4. Sep 2, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  5. Jul 24, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
  6. Jul 23, 2025Introduced in House
  7. Jul 23, 2025Referred 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.