States and tribes could reuse leftover disaster funds for future emergencies.
This bill would let states, Indian Tribes, and U.S. Territories keep and reuse money left over from managing past disaster recovery projects. Instead of returning these funds, they could use them for future disaster preparedness, recovery, or prevention efforts for up to five years. This aims to help communities better prepare for and respond to future disasters.
Today, states, Indian Tribes, and U.S. Territories generally cannot reuse leftover management funds from completed disaster recovery projects for other disaster-related needs. If this bill becomes law, they would be able to keep and redirect these excess funds for building capacity, preparing for, recovering from, or reducing the impact of future disasters, or for managing other disaster projects. These funds would be available for up to 5 years.
S 773 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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