Sean Plankey, the nominee for CISA director, said he'd "allow the operators to operate" at the cyber agency, while focusing on the agency's core missions.

Proposed legislation to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which goes by the same acronym, the Fixing ...

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have introduced legislation in the U.S. House that could provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

Senator Welch says his bill is focused on empowering local communities specifically on when aid is available, who makes ...

House Republicans and Democrats alike Wednesday offered sharp scrutiny of the federal government’s response to a recent Texas ...

FEMA would retain all current responsibilities, including those under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Support Across Party Lines Rep. Donalds, a prominent ...

"By releasing this discussion draft legislation, we hope to engage our colleagues and stakeholders on comprehensive FEMA reform," Graves said in a Thursday statement. "This draft bill includes ...

The 177-page FEMA Act of 2025 is still in draft form to allow feedback from lawmakers and emergency management stakeholders. Graves said the plan “provides the most significant and meaningful ...

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...

The same can happen for cities too. After major flooding in 2019, the small river city of Grafton, Illinois, didn’t see any money from FEMA until 2022. The legislation also seeks to eliminate FEMA’s ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the lead Republican author on legislation in the upper chamber to elevate FEMA to Cabinet-level status, sees the agency as the heart of disaster management that brings ...