Bill has bipartisan support but awaits a floor vote
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the FEMA Act in September 2025 by a 57-3 vote, and the bill has since drawn 87 bipartisan co-sponsors, according to the Congressional Research Service. It has not yet received a floor vote, and companion legislation has not been introduced in the Senate. The legislation would restructure FEMA as an independent, Cabinet-level agency outside the Department of Homeland Security, diverging from the FEMA Review Council’s own recommendations, which favored keeping the agency within DHS in a reformed capacity.
