FEMA Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4669 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4669 To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Mr. Graves (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025'' or the ``FEMA Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--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 Emergen