HR4992-119

Introduced

To require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to use appropriated funds to restore agency staffing levels, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Aug 19, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill creates mandatory reinstatement of FEMA employees involuntarily separated since January 20, 2025 and expands continuation and reinstatement of FEMA disaster preparedness programs including BRIC and flood mitigation assistance. It relies on mandate, spending directive, and program reinstatement. The main policy areas are Emergency Management and Housing.

Who Benefits and How

FEMA employees involuntarily separated since Jan 20, 2025 could face fewer barriers, State and local governments would be affected, and Communities vulnerable to flooding and extreme weather would be affected.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal Emergency Management Agency would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Creates mandatory reinstatement of FEMA employees involuntarily separated since January 20, 2025.
  • Expands continuation and reinstatement of FEMA disaster preparedness programs including BRIC and flood mitigation assistance.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill creates mandatory reinstatement of FEMA employees involuntarily separated since January 20, 2025 and expands continuation and reinstatement of FEMA disaster preparedness programs including BRIC and flood mitigation assistance.

Key Policy Areas

Emergency Management, Housing

Primary Purpose

The bill creates mandatory reinstatement of FEMA employees involuntarily separated since January 20, 2025 and expands continuation and reinstatement of FEMA disaster preparedness programs including BRIC and flood mitigation assistance.

Policy Domains

Emergency Management Housing

FEMA Workforce Reinstatement

Identified Gains
  • FEMA employees involuntarily separated since Jan 20, 2025
  • State and local governments
  • Communities vulnerable to flooding and extreme weather
  • Infrastructure resilience contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
State and local governments:
Infrastructure resilience contractors:
Communities vulnerable to flooding and extreme weather:
FEMA employees involuntarily separated since Jan 20, 2025:
Identified Costs
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Federal Emergency Management Agency:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Aug 19, 2025

Mr. Casar (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Amo, Mr. Moskowitz, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
3 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive -1 negative

FEMA employees involuntarily separated since Jan 20, 2025, Federal Emergency Management Agency, State and local governments

Positive-direction: FEMA employees involuntarily separated since Jan 20, 2025, State and local governments

Negative-direction: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Community Development
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Communities vulnerable to flooding and extreme weather

Construction
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Infrastructure resilience contractors

2/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Emergency Management Housing
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Domains
Emergency Management Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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