Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 13
- Latest action
- Jul 18, 2025
What it does
The Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat as a qualifying condition for a major disaster declaration. This change would allow federal disaster assistance to be triggered by extreme heat events, similar to how droughts and other natural disasters currently qualify. The bill affects communities and individuals exposed to dangerous heat by potentially unlocking federal resources for response and recovery. It specifically modifies the definition of "major disaster" in Section 102(2) of the Stafford Act by inserting "extreme heat" before "or drought."
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