H.R.4669

H. R. 4669

July 23, 2025

Mr. Graves (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To authorize and improve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reform Federal disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents; DIVISION A—ESTABLISHMENT OF FEMA AS CABINET-LEVEL INDEPENDENT AGENCY; TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; 11. Establishment of independent agency; 12. Administrator; Deputy Administrator; other officials of the Agency; 13. Authority and responsibilities; 14. Office of the Inspector General; 15. Transfer of functions; 16. Personnel and other transfers; 17. Saving provisions; 18. References; 19. Federal Emergency Management Agency Working Capital Fund; 20. Improving disaster assistance for veterans; TITLE II—OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; 21. National emergency management; TITLE III—RELATED MATTERS; 31. Changes to administrative documents; 32. Recommended legislation; DIVISION B—FEMA REFORMS; TITLE I—PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REFORMS; 101. Rebuilding public infrastructure; 102. Task force to address backlog of open declared disasters; 103. Disaster declaration damage thresholds; 104. Federal permitting improvement; 105. Unified Federal review; 106. Block grants for small disasters; 107. Common sense debris removal; 108. Disaster management costs modernization; 109. Streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments; 110. Reasonable incident periods; 111. Fire management assistance program policy; 112. Indian tribal government eligibility; 113. Strengthening closeouts for critical services; 114. Sheltering of emergency response personnel; 115. Emergency protective measures to fight flooding damage; 116. Fairness and accountability in appeals; 117. Expedited funding for emergency work; 118. Consistency in procurement practices; TITLE II—INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE REFORMS; 201. Information sharing for Federal agencies; 202. Universal application for individual assistance; 203. Clarifying duplication of benefits; 204. Crisis counseling and addiction in disasters; 205. Repair and rebuilding; 206. FEMA emergency home repair program; 207. Direct assistance; 208. Accurate information to disaster victims; 209. Improved notices for FEMA assistance; 210. Common sense displacement assistance for disaster victims; 211. State-managed housing authority; 212. Improved rental assistance; 213. Online guides for postdisaster assistance; 214. Clarifying sheltering assistance eligibility; 215. Access to lifesaving non-congregate sheltering; 216. Assistance for total loss; TITLE III—MITIGATION REFORMS; 301. Preapproved project mitigation plans; 302. Reducing disaster costs and protecting lives; 303. Resilient buildings and communities; 304. Strengthening hazard risk reduction; 305. Utility resiliency; 306. Additional amendments to hazard mitigation revolving loan fund; 307. Streamlined hazard mitigation application process; 308. Study and report on mitigation benefits; TITLE IV—TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY; 401. GAO review of FEMA transition; 402. Transparency and online accountability; 403. Prohibition on political discrimination; 404. Review of burdensome regulations and policies; 405. Report on assistance to individuals; 406. Individual assistance dashboard; 407. GAO report on preliminary damage assessments; 408. Improved rental assistance; 409. GAO assessment on identity theft and disaster fraud in disaster assistance programs; 410. GAO study on insurance utilization for public assistance-eligible facilities; 411. Study on wildfire management plans; 412. Effectiveness of local, State, territory, and Federal alerting systems; 413. GAO review of management costs; 414. Report on coordination of disaster assistance to individuals; 415. GAO review of cost savings associated with repair and rebuilding reforms; 416. Transparency for disaster declarations; 417. Fast-moving disasters working group; 418. Public assistance dashboard; 419. Improving disaster workforce retention