Sovereign States Emergency Management Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3347 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3347 To abolish FEMA and establish a block grant program for disaster relief, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2025 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana 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 abolish FEMA and establish a block grant program for disaster relief, 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 ``Sovereign States Emergency Management Act''. SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF FEMA. (a) Abolishment.--The Federal Emergency Management Agency is abolished effective on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Unobligated Funds.--Any funds made available to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that are unobligated on the abolishment date described in subsection (a) shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury and made available to carry out the program established under section 2. (c) Transfer of Functions.--All functions that immediately before the abolishment date specified in subsection (a) are authorized to be performed by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, any other officer or employee of the Agency acting in that capacity, or any agency or office of the Agency, are transferred to the President effective on such abolishment date.