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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approves Webster-Led Bill to Reform FEMA
September 3, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, released the following statement after the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act.
“Today’s vote marks a significant step towards delivering commonsense reform to ensure FEMA is faster, more efficient, and accountable,” said Rep. Webster. “The FEMA Act expedites recovery grants, puts control back in the hands of states, and invests in pilot programs to help families retrofit their homes against natural disasters.”
The Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025 (H.R. 4669) streamlines the federal government’s disaster response and recovery programs while also making FEMA a cabinet-level agency once again that is directly accountable to the President. The bill rewards effective state and local preparedness, protects taxpayers, cuts red tape, and ensures that relief efforts are fast, fair, and free from political bias.
The FEMA Act is designed to address one simple fact that we all recognize, especially Americans who have been impacted by disasters: FEMA is not working the way it should for our communities,” said Chairman Sam Graves. “This bill makes FEMA directly accountable to the President, replaces the slow and bureaucratic rebuilding process, makes critical reforms to speed up federal processes, makes disaster assistance work better for survivors, demands greater transparency from FEMA, and more.”
Webster added, “Florida has set the gold standard for disaster response and recovery with successful programs like ELEVATE Florida and My Safe Florida Home, and this legislation builds on that success at the national level to ensure communities can recover faster and families are more prepared when disaster strikes.”
The FEMA Act was introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
A detailed summary of the FEMA Act can be found here.
The FEMA Act also has the support of numerous emergency management stakeholders.
“Today’s vote marks a significant step towards delivering commonsense reform to ensure FEMA is faster, more efficient, and accountable,” said Rep. Webster. “The FEMA Act expedites recovery grants, puts control back in the hands of states, and invests in pilot programs to help families retrofit their homes against natural disasters.”
The Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025 (H.R. 4669) streamlines the federal government’s disaster response and recovery programs while also making FEMA a cabinet-level agency once again that is directly accountable to the President. The bill rewards effective state and local preparedness, protects taxpayers, cuts red tape, and ensures that relief efforts are fast, fair, and free from political bias.
The FEMA Act is designed to address one simple fact that we all recognize, especially Americans who have been impacted by disasters: FEMA is not working the way it should for our communities,” said Chairman Sam Graves. “This bill makes FEMA directly accountable to the President, replaces the slow and bureaucratic rebuilding process, makes critical reforms to speed up federal processes, makes disaster assistance work better for survivors, demands greater transparency from FEMA, and more.”
Webster added, “Florida has set the gold standard for disaster response and recovery with successful programs like ELEVATE Florida and My Safe Florida Home, and this legislation builds on that success at the national level to ensure communities can recover faster and families are more prepared when disaster strikes.”
The FEMA Act was introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
A detailed summary of the FEMA Act can be found here.
The FEMA Act also has the support of numerous emergency management stakeholders.
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