Disaster Response Flexibility Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3251 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3251 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for an alternative block grant program for funding public assistance for response to a major disaster, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2025 Mr. Moskowitz (for himself and Mr. Burchett) 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 provide for an alternative block grant program for funding public assistance for response to a major disaster, 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 ``Disaster Response Flexibility Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 431. ALTERNATIVE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. ``(a) Establishment.--The President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall establish an alternative block grant program for providing funds for public assistance in the event of a major disaster declared by the President under this title. ``(b) Assessment of Cost of Public Assistance.-- ``(1) Assessment required.--In the event of a major disaster described in subsection (a), the Administrator shall-- ``(A) assess the cost of public assistance of each impacted State that would otherwise eligible for such assistance under this Act, including reasonable administrat