To provide for continuity of disaster relief funding in the case of a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic interim fiscal year 2026 appropriations for FEMA disaster-relief operations and existing disaster-recovery funding during a lapse in appropriations, until appropriations are enacted, denied, or January 1, 2027 arrives.
Who Benefits and How
Disaster survivors, States, localities, and existing disaster-recovery projects could continue receiving federal relief and operational support even during a shutdown.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal budget managers and FEMA administrators would need to finance and manage continuity spending during a lapse, while nonessential administrative activity remains barred.
Key Provisions
- Automatically appropriates whatever is necessary for declared disaster and emergency support when fiscal year 2026 appropriations are not in effect.
- Covers individual assistance, direct aid, life-saving and life-sustaining activities, essential FEMA personnel costs, and existing federally funded recovery projects.
- Ends the temporary funding when a relevant appropriation is enacted, when a bill is enacted without such funding, or on January 1, 2027.
- Bars use of the funds for nonessential administrative functions, new policy development, or nondisaster-related training or travel.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Provides automatic interim fiscal year 2026 appropriations for FEMA disaster-relief operations and existing disaster-recovery funding during a lapse in appropriations, until appropriations are enacted, denied, or January 1, 2027 arrives.
Key Policy Areas
Disaster Relief, Government Operations, Budget
Primary Purpose
Provides automatic interim fiscal year 2026 appropriations for FEMA disaster-relief operations and existing disaster-recovery funding during a lapse in appropriations, until appropriations are enacted, denied, or January 1, 2027 arrives.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Disaster survivors, existing disaster grantees, and essential FEMA disaster-response operations
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal budget managers and FEMA administrators overseeing shutdown continuity spending
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moore of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Disaster survivors and recipients of existing federally funded disaster recovery support
Essential FEMA personnel and operations continuing disaster response and grant disbursement during a shutdown
FEMA administrators managing restricted continuity spending during an appropriations lapse
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator"
- → Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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