Sovereign States Emergency Management Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- May 14, 2025
What it does
The Sovereign States Emergency Management Act would abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) two years after enactment and transfer its functions, personnel, and assets to the President. It would establish a disaster relief block grant program administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, providing annual grants to states based on a formula considering population, historical disaster frequency, geographic risk, and economic need, with states required to submit approved emergency management plans and annual reports on fund usage. The program would terminate four years after the Treasury Secretary issues the allocation rule, and states could not receive duplicate federal…
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