U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 4159
FEMA Equity Act
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, 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.
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- Sponsor
- Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
- Introduced
- May 5, 2022, in the Senate
- Policy area
- Emergency Management (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (2)
2 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL