Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act
Latest action · Dec 5, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to specifically address extreme heat in hazard mitigation and disaster recovery, including reviewing the time frame for when extreme weather is an emergency or major disaster.
FEMA must issue guidance relating to hazard mitigation and disaster recovery for extreme heat or extreme temperature events. FEMA must also convene an advisory panel to review its process for determining when an emergency- or disaster-causing incident begins and ends. Additionally, FEMA must conduct a study on the impacts of extreme heat, recommend guidance on mitigating and responding to extreme heat, and submit a report to Congress on these actions.
The bill also authorizes FEMA to consider extreme heat preparedness and mitigation projects eligible under its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2024 to Oct 8, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | Jul 11, 2024 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Oct 8, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2024Discharged Sep 18, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024Reported Dec 5, 2024 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jul 12, 2024 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-813.
- Dec 5, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 665.
- Sep 18, 2024Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 20.
- Jul 12, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jul 11, 2024Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 21, 2024H.R. 9024, Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 115, July 11, 2024, page H4626.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49028 | Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025: Context, Overview, and Summary of Provisions | Report | Jul 10, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take certain actions relating to incident periods and extreme weather, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Extreme Weather and Heat Response Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2024Reported in House
- Jul 11, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
