Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025

H.R. 4497 · 119th Congress · Jul 17, 2025 · Lineage

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.

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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Jul 17, 2025viewing Introduced in House 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

Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Definition of major disaster

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