Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4497 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4497 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2025 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Casten, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. 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 ``Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER. Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting ``extreme heat,'' before ``or drought''. <all>