FEMA Act of 2025
Latest action. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the yeas and naysThe constitutional right of one-fifth of those present to force every member's vote onto the public record. The mechanism behind every roll call you can look up.Read the full definition (opens a new tab): 57 - 3.
Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 or the FEMA Act of 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
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 analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 23, 2025. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
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The record's latest action, on September 3, 2025: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
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Who is behind it?
Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced it on July 23, 2025, and 97 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 44 Democrats, 53 Republicans.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 23, 2025, 414 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 372 days ago, on September 3, 2025.
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Vote history
- HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 3.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action