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RE: FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 01-07-2026 13:48
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RE: FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 12-22-2025 15:16
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RE: FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 12-22-2025 15:16
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See the attached letter that IAEM, NEMA, and BCEM sent to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding the DHS Appropriations bill: -------------------------------------------

RE: FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 12-22-2025 10:20
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On Friday afternoon, the Senate Appropriations Committee released their version of the DHS Appropriations bill for FY26. The House Appropriations Committee completed work on their version of the bill back during the summer, so there is a possibility the House and Senate will be able to come to an agreement ...

Notice of FY25 Grant Awards

Posted By Thad Huguley 09-30-2025 13:36
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FEMA Advisory FEMA Awards Nearly $3.5 Billion to Help States Manage Emergency Preparedness Secretary Noem announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) returned nearly $3.5 billion of taxpayer dollars back into American communities, empowering state and local leaders to better prepare ...

RE: FEMA Act

Posted By Thad Huguley 09-02-2025 11:12
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RE: FEMA Act

Posted By Thad Huguley 09-02-2025 11:12
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The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to consider the FEMA Act (H.R. 4669) on September 3 at 10:00 ET. IAEM has endorsed the bill (see attached letter). You can stream the markup here. The bill is expected to be reported favorably to the House floor where it will ...

FEMA Act

Posted By Thad Huguley 08-15-2025 13:13
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IAEM has endorsed the FEMA Act (H.R. 4669) and sent the attached letter of endorsement to the House T&I Committee. The Committee is tentatively planning to consider the bill on September 3. More on that to come. Here is a link to the Committee's press release. Here is a link to a section-by-section ...

Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

Posted By Thad Huguley 07-30-2025 14:30
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The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee considered and favorably reported the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act (S.861) to the Senate floor. This is a huge step forward for one of IAEM's top legislative priorities! -------------------------------------------

Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

Posted By Thad Huguley 07-30-2025 14:29
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FY25 NOFOs for Preparedness Grants

Posted By Thad Huguley 07-29-2025 10:08
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At long last, DHS has released NOFOs for some of the preparedness grants. Here is a list of the NOFOs that are posted on grants.gov... Emergency Management Performance Grant Program 2. State Homeland Security Program 3. Operation Stonegarden 4. Nonprofit Security Grant Program 5. Urban Search and ...

David Richardson to Testify on Capitol Hill - July 23

Posted By Thad Huguley 07-18-2025 11:11
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The House T&I Committee is scheduled to conduct a FEMA oversight hearing on Wednesday, July 23, at 10:00 ET. President Trump has yet to nominate anyone to be FEMA Administrator, so David Richardson, who is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of Administrator, will be the sole witness. He is likely ...

FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 06-19-2025 15:36
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The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to markup the FY26 DHS appropriations bill on Tuesday, June 24, at 10:00 ET. You can stream it here. A summary of the bill is available here. Bill text is available here. I've attached the committee report.

FY26 Appropriations Cycle

Posted By Thad Huguley 06-19-2025 15:35
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President's Budget for FY26 - Key Takeaways

Posted By Thad Huguley 06-02-2025 15:06
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I've reviewed the President's budget and have compiled a list of the key takeaways. For those of you who want to dive into the details, see the links at the bottom: An additional $4.6 billion overall for DHS over FY25 enacted levels; discretionary amounts are largely level with FY25 An additional $3.944 ...

IAEM Endorses Two Bills to Streamline Access to Assistance for Homeowners

Posted By Thad Huguley 06-02-2025 13:27
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On Monday, June 2, Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced two bills that would modernize how the Small Business Administration (SBA) distributes aid for homeowners: the Disaster Loan Interest Relief Act, co-led by Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), and the Disaster Loan Application Flexibility Act, co-led ...

IAEM Endorses Three SBA-Related Bills

Posted By Thad Huguley 05-07-2025 15:30
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IAEM Endorses Three SBA-Related Bills

Posted By Thad Huguley 05-07-2025 15:30
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The IAEM board has endorsed three SBA bills that Congressman Neguse (D-CO) is introducing: The Natural Disaster Loan Interest Relief Act (text attached) would waive the accrual of interest and payments for certain disaster loans for a year from the date the loan is issued. SBA implemented this policy ...

Congressional Hearing - March 25

Posted By Thad Huguley 03-21-2025 12:28
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The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing entitled, "Reforming FEMA: Bringing Common Sense Back to Federal Emergency Management" at 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in 2167 of ...

GAO Report on Key Areas for Congressional Action for DHS

Posted By Thad Huguley 03-13-2025 11:26
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The Government Accounting Office (GAO) released a report on Tuesday (March 11) with recommendations to Congress with disaster assistance specifically described as a high risk area. You can read the report here.