Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Feb 24, 2026
What it does
The Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2026 would require the FEMA Administrator to amend disaster assistance evaluation rules within 120 days of enactment to establish specific weighted criteria for public and individual assistance programs. For public assistance, the rules would assign weighted valuations to factors like localized impacts (40%), estimated cost (10%), insurance coverage (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), other federal assistance programs (10%), and economic circumstances (10%), which include local tax base, median income, poverty rate, and state unemployment relative to national levels. For individual assistance, the rules would…
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