REAADI for Disasters Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7029 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7029 To ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 13, 2026 Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure that older adults and individuals with disabilities are prepared for disasters, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Real Emergency Access for Aging and Disability Inclusion for Disasters Act'' or the ``REAADI for Disasters Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) In the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than 70,000,000 adults who are individuals with disabilities and, according to the Bureau of the Census, there are more than 54,000,000 adults age 65 or older. (2) There have been nearly 400 emergencies declared under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) related to hurricanes and tropical cyclones during the period beginning January 2000 and ending December 2024. These declared emergencies have directly resulted in at least 1,442 de