U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 7668

FEMA Equity Act

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, requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and permitting counties to seek emergency and major disaster declarations in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Sponsor

Bennie G. ThompsonD-MS-2

Introduced

May 6, 2022, in the House

Policy area

Emergency Management (from the Congressional Research Service)

Full text and actions

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