{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-4669","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":4669,"title":"FEMA Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-07-23","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"G000546","fullName":"Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]","party":"R","state":"MO","district":6}],"cosponsorsCount":95,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2025-09-03","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3."},"policyArea":"Emergency Management","subjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Census and government statistics","Computers and information technology","Congressional oversight","Disaster relief and insurance","Emergency communications systems","Emergency medical services and trauma care","Emergency planning and evacuation","Executive agency funding and structure","Government information and archives","Government studies and investigations","Homelessness and emergency shelter","Intergovernmental relations","Internet, web applications, social media","Natural disasters","Residential rehabilitation and home repair","State and local finance","State and local government operations"],"actions":[{"date":"2025-09-03","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-03","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-03","text":"Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-02","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-24","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 or the FEMA Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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&nbsp;FEMA’s disaster and hazard mitigation assistance programs.</p><p>The bill generally transfers&nbsp;FEMA’s current functions and authorities to the independent FEMA, except for certain security-related programs.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill makes various changes to the Public Assistance program, including by</p><ul><li>establishing new grants for expedited funding to repair or replace disaster-damaged facilities,</li><li>establishing block grants that recipients may choose instead of Public Assistance for smaller disasters,</li><li>expediting and expanding uses of funding for emergency response and debris removal, and</li><li>allowing use of excess administrative funds for increasing recipients’ disaster management capacity.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>The bill makes various changes to the Individual Assistance program, including by</p><ul><li>expanding eligibility for housing assistance,</li><li>expanding mitigation and direct (non-financial) assistance for residences,</li><li>reducing certain restrictions on funds duplicating program benefits, and&nbsp;</li><li>establishing a unified disaster application system.</li></ul><p>The bill makes various changes to&nbsp;FEMA’s mitigation programs, including by</p><ul><li>establishing mitigation plans with preapproved projects,</li><li>authorizing an entire Hazard Mitigation Grant Program grant to be provided before costs are incurred,</li><li>changing pre-disaster mitigation assistance to noncompetitive formula grants, and&nbsp;</li><li>allowing recipients to combine mitigation project funds from multiple federal programs.</li></ul><p>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).&nbsp;</p>","updateDate":"2026-08-21T08:05:42Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":691,"ts":"2026-08-28T08:38:41.302Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=FEMA%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}