Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2023”.
Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2023
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.
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”.