Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6249 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6249 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and alcohol use disorder services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Ms. Balint (for herself, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Norton, Mr. Fields, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Carson, Mr. Soto, Mr. Costa, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Budzinski, and Ms. Davids of Kansas) 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 authorize the President to provide substance use and alcohol use disorder services, 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 ``Addressing Addiction After Disasters Act''. SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by inserting ``, substance use, or alcohol use'' after ``private mental health''; and (B) by inserting ``, substance use, and alcohol use'' after ``relieve mental health''; and (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ``, substance use, or alcohol use'' before ``organization providing''. SEC. 3. REPORT ON CHANGES TO APPLICATION. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Director for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment