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Posted By Thad Huguley 11-13-2024 11:57
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IAEM, along with 17 other stakeholders, sent a letter to House leadership today urging passage of the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act before Congress adjourns at the end of the year. As a reminder, this bill requires FEMA to consolidate federal grant applications for disaster relief for disaster ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 11-13-2024 10:53
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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, "In the Eye of the Storm: Oversight of FEMA's Disaster Readiness and Response" at 10:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, in 2167 ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 11-08-2024 10:10
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The Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act is ever so close to being signed into law. It has been favorably reported to both the Senate floor and the House floor, so now we need both chambers to schedule a final vote on the bill during the Lame Duck session. Please see the attached letter to Congress, ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-09-2024 11:32
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I am attaching, with permission, an analysis of FEMA's guidance that was drafted by the executive director of the BuildStrong Coalition. In the view of BuildStrong, FEMA's cost-share incentive policy, "does not fully promote proactive state and tribal investments in disaster resilience. Instead, it may ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-09-2024 11:22
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On September 25, 2024, the Investing in Community Resilience Act (S. 4900) successfully passed out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support (14-1). See below for Senator Butler's press release and updated bill text, and attached is the latest ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-08-2024 15:12
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On October 1, 2024, FEMA finally released its interim cost-share incentive policy, implementing Section 406(b)(3) of the Stafford Act as required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. This original law was intended to increase the federal cost share for states and tribal governments that take proactive ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-08-2024 14:58
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Scott - I am going to start a new thread related specifically to FEMA's policy guidance. ------------------------------ Thad Huguley Government Affairs Director IAEM Falls Church VA (615) 870-9316 ------------------------------
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-07-2024 10:43
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Thanks, Scott. Last week, while I was at the NEMA conference, I had an opportunity to speak with the executive director of BuildStrong Coalition about the new policy guidance. She expressed disappointment with the new policy, claiming that it effectively raises the cost share to 80% "without real, ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-07-2024 09:09
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The Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act has been favorably reported to the House floor by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee! As a reminder, the Senate Homeland Security Committee favorably reported their version of the bill in 2023. I have attached the Senate Committee ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 10-03-2024 12:13
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IAEM recently endorsed the Investing in Community Resilience Act (S. 4900), a bill that IAEM members Jonathan Gaddy and Justin Kates had a hand in developing. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 included a provision entitled Federal Cost-Share Adjustments for Repair, Restoration, and Replacement of Damaged ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 09-26-2024 10:06
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MAJOR UPDATE TO THE PREVIOUS POST! In a rather unusual turn of events, the House T&I Committee yesterday convened a full committee markup to reconsider the Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act (HR 7671). During last week's markup, the Committee opted to roll HR 7671 into a larger package of ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 09-26-2024 09:25
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Both the House and Senate approved the 3-month CR yesterday and then promptly left town. While it's great news that we will avoid the unnecessary disruption of another government shutdown (at least for now), Congress has yet again failed to complete work on the annual budget cycle by the end of the fiscal ...
Posted By Thad Huguley 09-18-2024 15:52
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Thanks David. The GAC appreciated the input from the Mental Health and Wellness Caucus as we did our due diligence on the bill. ------------------------------ Thad Huguley Government Affairs Director IAEM Falls Church VA (615) 870-9316 ------------------------------