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 ...

U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster just introduced bipartisan legislation for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Congressman Daniel Webster has joined with fellow legislators to introduce the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025.

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

Proposed FEMA reform would speed up disaster funding, provide technical assistance to small towns, and protect pre-disaster ...

FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...

Colorado joined a lawsuit with 19 other states to force the administration to restore a program started under the first Trump ...

Sen. Peter Welch introduced legislation Thursday to reform federal disaster management with an eye toward more local control. The Vermont Democrat expressed support for the Federal Emergency ...

The draft legislation co-sponsored by Graves would eliminate or streamline some FEMA programs. For example, the agency’s programs around housing would be reoriented with new provisions on direct ...

Congressional scrutiny comes as Trump administration conducts evaluation of FEMA and works to % identify any shortcomings.

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act allocates 15% of disaster payouts, about 6% of FEMA’s budget, to state resilience efforts, while FEMA wastes 38% of its budget on overhead.