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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 4669 (Introduced in House) — To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the or the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 . FEMA Act of 2025 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Division A—Establishment of FEMA as Cabinet-Level Independent Agency Title I—Establishment of Federal Emergency Management Agency Sec. 11. Establishment of independent agency. Sec. 12. Administrator; Deputy Administrator; other officials of the Agency. Sec. 13. Authority and responsibilities.
Sec. 14. Office of the Inspector General. Sec. 15. Transfer of functions. Sec. 16. Personnel and other transfers. Sec. 17. Saving provisions. Sec. 18. References. Sec. 19. Federal Emergency Management Agency Working Capital Fund. Sec. 20. Improving disaster assistance for veterans. Title II—Offices and Functions of Federal Emergency Management Agency Sec. 21. National emergency management. Title III—Related Matters Sec. 31. Changes to administrative documents. Sec. 32. Recommended legislation.
Division B—FEMA Reforms Title I—Public Assistance Reforms Sec. 101. Rebuilding public infrastructure. Sec. 102. Task force to address backlog of open declared disasters. Sec. 103. Disaster declaration damage thresholds. Sec. 104. Federal permitting improvement. Sec. 105. Unified Federal review. Sec. 106. Block grants for small disasters. Sec. 107. Common sense debris removal. Sec. 108. Disaster management costs modernization. Sec. 109. Streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments.
Sec. 110. Reasonable incident periods. Sec. 111. Fire management assistance program policy. Sec. 112. Indian tribal government eligibility. Sec. 113. Strengthening closeouts for critical services. Sec. 114. Sheltering of emergency response personnel. Sec. 115. Emergency protective measures to fight flooding damage. Sec. 116. Fairness and accountability in appeals. Sec. 117. Expedited funding for emergency work. Sec. 118. Consistency in procurement practices. Title II—Individual Assistance Reforms Sec. 201.
Information sharing for Federal agencies. Sec. 202. Universal application for individual assistance. Sec. 203. Clarifying duplication of benefits. Sec. 204. Crisis counseling and addiction in disasters. Sec. 205. Repair and rebuilding. Sec. 206. FEMA emergency home repair program. Sec. 207. Direct assistance. Sec. 208. Accurate information to disaster victims. Sec. 209. Improved notices for FEMA assistance. Sec. 210. Common sense displacement assistance for disaster victims. Sec. 211.
State-managed housing authority. Sec. 212. Improved rental assistance. Sec. 213. Online guides for postdisaster assistance. Sec. 214. Clarifying sheltering assistance eligibility. Sec. 215. Access to lifesaving non-congregate sheltering. Sec. 216. Assistance for total loss. Title III—Mitigation Reforms Sec. 301. Preapproved project mitigation plans. Sec. 302. Reducing disaster costs and protecting lives. Sec. 303. Resilient buildings and communities. Sec. 304. Strengthening hazard risk reduction.
Sec. 305. Utility resiliency. Sec. 306. Additional amendments to hazard mitigation revolving loan fund. Sec. 307. Streamlined hazard mitigation application process. Sec. 308. Study and report on mitigation benefits. Title IV—Transparency and Accountability Sec. 401. GAO review of FEMA transition. Sec. 402. Transparency and online accountability. Sec. 403. Prohibition on political discrimination. Sec. 404. Review of burdensome regulations and policies. Sec. 405. Report on assistance to individuals.
Sec. 406. Individual assistance dashboard. Sec. 407. GAO report on preliminary damage assessments. Sec. 408. Improved rental assistance. Sec. 409. GAO assessment on identity theft and disaster fraud in disaster assistance programs. Sec. 410. GAO study on insurance utilization for public assistance-eligible facilities. Sec. 411. Study on wildfire management plans. Sec. 412. Effectiveness of local, State, territory, and Federal alerting systems. Sec. 413. GAO review of management costs.
Sec. 414. Report on coordination of disaster assistance to individuals. Sec. 415. GAO review of cost savings associated with repair and rebuilding reforms. Sec. 416. Transparency for disaster declarations. Sec. 417. Fast-moving disasters working group. Sec. 418. Public assistance dashboard. Sec. 419. Improving disaster workforce retention.
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