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HR 1245 · introduced · significant

Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Creates a unified application system for federal disaster assistance administered by FEMA.
  • Expands disaster aid eligibility and types of assistance available to individuals, households, and state/local governments.
  • Requires FEMA to establish online dashboards and conduct studies on assistance challenges with no specified cost.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would a unified FEMA application system reduce the burden on disaster survivors compared to the current fragmented approach across agencies?

  2. 02

    What types of assistance currently unavailable to households would be newly covered under this bill's expanded eligibility?

  3. 03

    Should Congress specify a budget cap for FEMA's required studies and dashboard development, or allow open-ended spending?

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Sponsor · R-NC-11

Chuck Edwards

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Introduced 2025-02-25

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-25 · IntroReferral

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E160-161)

  2. 2025-02-12 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  3. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Business, 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.

  4. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Business, 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.

  5. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Small Business, 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.

  6. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  7. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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