SB2961: FEMA Equity Act Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
A bill to ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, and requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
This bill would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create an equity steering group and hire an equity advisor to ensure fair disaster assistance for all communities. It would improve how FEMA collects data to identify which groups face barriers to getting help or have worse outcomes after disasters. The bill would require FEMA to apply equity standards—meaning fairness considerations—when developing disaster assistance policies and programs. The bill was recently introduced in Congress and has not yet been assigned to a .
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SB2961: FEMA Equity Act Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
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Sponsors
Elizabeth Warren
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (4)
Cory Booker
Tammy Duckworth
Edward Markey
Ben Lujan