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North Carolina lawmaker David Rouzer once again introduced a bill in 2025 that aims to provide states and Indian Tribes with increased assistance in the wake of natural disasters.
A congressional summary of HR 316 reads as follows:
“This bill establishes Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding sources for unmet needs caused by major disasters, expands FEMA’s assistance for housing and home repair, and requires certain considerations in FEMA’s recommendations on presidential emergency/disaster declarations.”
It further states that it will establish “the National Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund for FEMA to provide grants to states and Indian tribal governments for unmet need. The bill defines unmet need as any necessary expense for activities related to a declared major disaster, including disaster relief or resilience activities. (RELATED: Energy Department Admits Millions Of Americans Are At Risk Thanks To Grid Vulnerabilities)
In addition, the bill authorizes FEMA to set aside funding from the Disaster Relief Fund to provide grants to states and Indian tribal governments for unmet needs resulting from a declared disaster, including home repair, economic recovery measures, and other services assisting disaster victims.”
Recent reports from Western North Carolina suggest that FEMA does not actually allocate any of the deeply needed funding, nor does it rarely have anyone qualified to make those calls employed during times of emergency, so it is unclear why FEMA is being given any more money.
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