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

Sen. Rand Paul opposes Trump's tariffs as the deadline looms and backs a bill to streamline FEMA disaster aid in Kentucky.

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most experienced emergency response experts in the country, who lives in Maine, says the nation is becoming less prepared to respond to disasters.

House Republicans and Democrats sharply scrutinized the federal response to the Texas flooding disaster that killed at least ...

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 ...