Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4497

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major 
                               disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Casten, Mr. Huffman, 
 Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Frost, 
 and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major 
                               disaster.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER.

    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting 
``extreme heat,'' before ``or drought''.
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