Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinates the federal government's role in preparing for, preventing, mitigating the effects of, responding to, and recovering from all domestic disasters, whether natural or…
- Civilian staff, August 2026
- 20,208
- −16.3% in a year
- Rules made final this year
- 1
- Organizations that lobbied it
- 826
- 2019 to 2026
Where its power comes from
An agency can act only where a law lets it. These are the laws its rules cite, where its rules live, and the bills that would change it.
Laws it carries out
The U.S. Code sections its rules of the last six years cite as their authority, most cited first.
Its rulebook
Where the rules it wrote these six years sit in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Bills that would change it
Bills this Congress that name it, the most recently moved first. A bill that names an agency is not a law.
- HR 10361: To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability…In committee
- S 5385: A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental…In committee
- HR 8368: To appropriate funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.In committee
- HRES 1138: Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and…In committee
- S 4075: Pay FEMA Personnel Act of 2026In committee
- HRES 1035: Condemning Federal workforce reductions that undermine preparedness, response, and recovery, and expressing concern regarding proposed future…In committee
- HR 6201: To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to administer the Next Generation Warning System grant program and disburse…In committee
- HR 5533: Streamlining FEMA Procurement Procedures Act of 2025In committee
- HR 3759: Streamlined FEMA Cost Exemption ActIn committee
- HR 3177: To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that cost estimates, acquisition of proper materials, and any other…In committee
- S 771: End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants ActIn committee
- HR 1668: End FEMA Benefits for Illegal Immigrants ActIn committee
Track record
What it made final, the cases it brought, and where Congress moved to undo its work.
Latest final rules
The newest rules it made final.
Who runs it
Its leaders
- Cameron HamiltonAdministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Who pays to be heard
- National Association of Realtors$500M on reports naming it
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$498M on reports naming it
- American Hospital Association$74.3M on reports naming it
- Cameron HamiltonAdministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland SecurityThe department it sits in
- National Association of RealtorsLobbied it, $500M
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.Lobbied it, $498M
- American Hospital AssociationLobbied it, $74.3M
- Amazon.com Services LLCLobbied it, $32.3M
Its leaders
The people the Senate last confirmed to its offices, one record per office. A confirmation date is not proof someone still serves.
Who tries to sway it
Who names it on federal lobbying reports, 2019 to 2026, and who used to work there. Naming an agency is the filer’s account of where work was aimed, not a record of a meeting.
Who pays to be heard
The biggest spenders on reports that name it. A report names several issues, so each figure is the whole report.
- National Association of Realtors$500M
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$498M
- American Hospital Association$74.3M
- Amazon.com Services LLC$32.3M
- National Association of Home Builders$26.7M
- United Services Automobile Association$25.6M
- National Multifamily Housing Council Inc.$25.3M
- AARP$25.1M
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company$24.5M
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association$24.3M
- American Medical Association$24.2M
- Alzheimer's Association$19M
- National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies$13.9M
- American Fed of Government Employees Afl-Cio$13.8M
- Greater New York Hospital Association$13.4M
- American Council of Engineering Companies$12.9M
- Association of American Medical Colleges$12.5M
- Iheartmedia, Inc.$11.8M
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company$11.8M
- Reinsurance Assn of America$9.93M
Who files the lobbying
The firms on reports that name it, by how many clients they filed for.
- The Ferguson Group, LLC18 clients
- Townsend Public Affairs, Inc.17 clients
- Ballard Partners17 clients
- Invariant LLC14 clients
- Holland & Knight LLP13 clients
- Smith Garson13 clients
- Carpi & Clay, Inc.13 clients
- Adams and Reese, LLP12 clients
- Alcalde & Fay12 clients
- David Turch & Assoc.12 clients
- Williams and Jensen, PLLC10 clients
- Navigators Global LLC10 clients
- Mr. Daniel Delich10 clients
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld9 clients
- King & Spalding LLP8 clients
- Nexxus Consulting, LLC8 clients
- Van Scoyoc Associates8 clients
- Capitol Hill Consulting Group7 clients
- Squire Patton Boggs7 clients
- Federal Hall Policy Advisors, LLC7 clients
Former staff now lobbying
Lobbyists whose filings list a past job here: the most recent 10 of 13.
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