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S 2247 · in committee · significant

Disaster Assistance Improvement and Decentralization Act

What this bill does

  • This bill expands FEMA disaster assistance by allowing advance payments, increasing federal cost shares, and simplifying application procedures.
  • State and local governments, disaster victims, and FEMA employees are affected by these changes.
  • FEMA must set aside minimum annual predisaster mitigation funds and provide status updates if payments delay beyond 26 business days.

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  1. 01

    How might advance FEMA payments affect state and local budgets differently depending on whether disasters occur frequently or rarely in their regions?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between simplifying disaster assistance applications and ensuring funds reach those most in need versus preventing misuse?

  3. 03

    How could increasing federal cost shares for disaster recovery change the incentives for state and local governments to invest in predisaster mitigation?

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Sponsor · D-VT

Peter Welch

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Introduced 2025-07-10

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4316-4317)

  2. 2025-07-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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