March 26, 2026
Mr. Bell (for himself and Mr. Stanton) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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
RESOLUTION
Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and expressing concern that the systematic reduction of its career workforce has undermined those missions and endangered the safety and security of United States citizens.
- (1) recognizes the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and other offices focusing on cybersecurity, disaster preparedness and response, and transportation security;
- (2) affirms that the professional, nonpartisan career workforce of FEMA, CISA, and TSA are essential to carrying out those missions and protecting the safety and security of United States citizens;
- (3) expresses serious concern that the systematic reduction of personnel and resources at FEMA, CISA, and TSA has weakened the Federal Government’s capacity to fulfill its statutory obligations;
- (4) notes that these workforce reductions were carried out without specific authorization from Congress and, in many instances, in contravention of enacted appropriations and in violation of Federal employment law, as found by multiple Federal courts;
- (5) calls on the administration to halt further reductions to FEMA, CISA, and TSA’s career workforce that are not specifically authorized by Congress through the appropriations process;
- (6) calls on the administration to transmit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed accounting of all workforce reductions at FEMA, CISA, and TSA since January 20, 2025, disaggregated by component agency, office, and reduction mechanism;
- (7) calls on the administration to immediately submit to the Senate the nomination of a permanent Administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
- (8) reaffirms that the security of the United States depends not only on sufficient funding of FEMA, CISA, and TSA but on the retention and recruitment of the skilled career professionals who carry out its missions every day.