Contact Congress about S. 1963: Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025

FEMA would get $25 billion more for disaster aid in 2025. The bill treats the money as emergency spending, so Congress would not have to offset the cost under some budget rules.

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Emergency Disaster Relief Fund Act of 2025 is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Latest action on S. 1963: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects communities that may need federal help after disasters in 2025. It could matter for people, local governments, tribal governments, territories, and states that rely on FEMA aid after major damage. It also affects Congress and federal budget debates because the money would count as emergency spending instead of regular spending.

Why this matters: Federal disaster aid can run low when major disasters happen often or close together. This bill would add a large amount of money to FEMA’s main disaster fund for 2025. That could help pay for recovery work after qualifying disasters. Because Congress would treat the money as emergency spending, the bill could move without matching cuts or tax increases under some budget rules. The bill does not say where the money will go, so the real impact depends on future disasters and FEMA decisions.

Key provisions in S. 1963

• FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund would get $25 billion for fiscal year 2025. FEMA uses this fund for federal disaster response and recovery aid.
• The money would be new Treasury funding. It would come on top of money Congress has already approved.
• The money would go to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund account. The bill names the account as “Federal Emergency Management Administration-Disaster Relief Fund.”
• The full $25 billion would count as an emergency need. That label comes from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, a budget law that tracks deficit effects.
• The bill also counts the money as emergency spending under Senate and House budget rules. Those rules include the fiscal year 2022 Senate budget resolution and House rules for fiscal year 2025.

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Questions people ask about S. 1963

What is S. 1963?

FEMA would get $25 billion more for disaster aid in 2025. The bill treats the money as emergency spending, so Congress would not have to offset the cost under some budget rules.

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