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“FEMA should get temporary Treasury funding during fiscal year 2026 funding gaps, starting February 14, 2026 and ending when Congress later funds or leaves out the covered work, or on September 30, 2026.”
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“Money FEMA spends under temporary shutdown authority should later be counted against the correct FEMA funding account after Congress enacts that account's fiscal year 2026 funding.”
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“FEMA, CISA, and TSA should keep and hire skilled nonpolitical career workers to carry out disaster response, cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and transportation security work.”
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“The administration should send Congress a detailed report on every FEMA, CISA, and TSA workforce reduction since January 20, 2025, including which agency and office were affected and how each cut happened.”
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“Congress should fund disaster response and emergency preparedness and set rules for how quickly that help reaches communities.”
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“How much the government spends on disaster response, emergency preparedness grants, and flood protection programs that help communities recover and prepare?”
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“FEMA should be able to spend available Disaster Relief Fund money during a federal funding lapse, and federal officials should not freeze, cut back, or move that money unless needed to stay within legal spending limits.”
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“Federal, state, Tribal, and local governments should be ready for disasters that spread quickly and should have enough trained workers to respond.”
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“Covered FEMA disaster operations should count as essential work to protect life and property, so those operations can continue when normal federal shutdown limits would otherwise stop them.”
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“FEMA should have a clear place in the federal government so it can respond to disasters quickly and be held accountable.”
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“FEMA should have to use accepted federal practices when estimating staffing needs, identifying skill gaps, setting workforce goals, and tracking progress in its workforce plan.”
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“FEMA should be able to keep disaster aid, recovery work, mitigation projects, claims processing, and disaster payments moving during a federal government shutdown, including for disasters declared before or during the shutdown.”
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“FEMA should have to study where it lacks workers or skills, why workers leave some jobs or groups, set hiring and retention goals for key roles, and suggest legal changes it believes would help keep staff.”
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“FEMA should have to measure whether it is filling jobs, closing skill gaps, and training workers; report how long hiring takes; and show how its workers were deployed after recent declared disasters and emergencies.”
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“FEMA should have to estimate the cost of carrying out its workforce plan, identify ways to reduce overhead and avoid unnecessary spending, and FEMA and GAO should do the work without newly authorized funding.”
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“FEMA should have to send Congress a detailed workforce plan within 1 year, update it at least every 3 years, and have GAO review each plan and recommend improvements.”
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“Congress should state that staff and resource cuts at FEMA, CISA, and TSA made it harder for the federal government to handle disasters, cyber threats, infrastructure risks, and transportation security.”
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“FEMA should have to bring back former FEMA employees who were forced out between January 20, 2025, and the enactment date if those workers choose to return, and FEMA should have 30 days to do it.”
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“The administration should quickly nominate someone for Senate confirmation as the permanent head of FEMA.”
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“FEMA should have to plan how to train and quickly send out the Surge Capacity Force during major disasters, and report how many of those backup workers are from outside FEMA and what preparation they have.”
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“FEMA should have to pay for the required worker reinstatements using money already appropriated or otherwise available to the agency, without a separate new funding stream for that purpose.”
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