HR 437 · in committee · significant
SNOW Act of 2025
- climate
What this bill does
- This bill authorizes FEMA grants for winter storm hazard mitigation and requires FEMA to expand winter storm assistance eligibility.
- Rural and disadvantaged communities are affected, as the bill increases federal cost-sharing for disaster recovery in these areas.
- FEMA receives new rulemaking requirements to waive certain disaster declaration thresholds and increase federal funding shares from 75% to 90%.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should the federal government balance expanding winter storm assistance to rural communities against the fiscal cost of increasing FEMA's cost-share from 75% to 90%?
- 02
What evidence supports the claim that waiving disaster declaration thresholds will better protect disadvantaged communities compared to the current system?
- 03
Which communities currently lack adequate winter storm mitigation funding, and how would this bill's grant program specifically address their needs?
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Sponsor · D-NY-26
Timothy M. Kennedy
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Introduced 2025-01-16
Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2025-01-15 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-15 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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