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Union Calendar No. 665 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9024 

[Report No. 118–813] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2024 

Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. STANTON) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. CARTER of Louisiana 

DECEMBER 5, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 11, 2024] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extreme Weather and 

5 Heat Response Modernization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INCIDENT PERIODS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed9 eral Emergency Management Agency shall convene an advi10 sory panel consisting of emergency management personnel 

11 to assist the Agency in reviewing the process and procedures 

12 related to the determination of incident periods for all haz13 ards for emergencies or major disasters declared under the 

14 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist15 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

16 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—This advisory panel convened 

18 under subsection (a) shall consist of at least 2 rep19 resentatives from national emergency management or20 ganizations, at least 2 relevant county officials, at 

21 least 1 representative from the National Weather 

22 Service, and at least 5 representatives from each of 

23 the 10 regions of the Federal Emergency Management 

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1 sonnel employed by State, local, territorial, or Tribal 

2 authorities within each region. 

3 (2) INCLUSION ON PANEL.—To the furthest extent 

4 practicable, representation on the advisory panel shall 

5 include emergency management personnel from rural, 

6 urban, underrepresented, Tribal, and insular jurisdic7 tions and representatives of State or local govern8 ments with responsibility for the financial or budg9 etary impact of disasters. 

10 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In reviewing the process and 

11 procedures related to the determination of incident periods 

12 under subsection (a), the advisory panel convened under 

13 such subsection shall consider the effectiveness of incident 

14 periods, including— 

15 (1) incident periods for slow on-set disasters; 

16 (2) incident periods for correlated non-contig17 uous disasters; 

18 (3) incident periods for compound disasters; and 

19 (4) incident periods for cascading disasters. 

20 (d) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub22 mit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report re23 garding the findings of the review under this section that 

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1 vened under subsection (a), including additional legislation 

2 that may be necessary to address such findings. 

3 (e) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub5 mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

8 a report discussing— 

9 (1) a summary of the findings of the advisory 

10 panel convened under subsection (a); 

11 (2) the implementation of recommendations from 

12 such advisory panel; and 

13 (3) any additional legislative recommendations 

14 necessary to improve the effectiveness of incident peri15 ods. 

16 (f) RULEMAKING.—Immediately following a 30 day 

17 congressional review period of the report described in sub18 section (e), the Administrator shall begin a rulemaking to 

19 issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the 

20 recommendations of the advisory panel. 

21 SEC. 3. MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 

23 Emergency Management Agency may, under section 203 

24 and 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer25 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133 and 5170c)— 


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1 (1) consider innovative preparedness and mitiga2 tion projects eligible for the purposes of mitigating 

3 impacts during an extreme heat event, including 

4 stockpiling and installing equipment for households, 

5 first responders, and public health and health care 

6 systems and emergency voucher programs; 

7 (2) consider innovative preparedness and mitiga8 tion projects eligible for the purposes of mitigating the 

9 impacts of extreme cold; and 

10 (3) with respect to eligible uses of funds author11 ized, provide, and issue relevant guidance, for the es12 tablishment and function of— 

13 (A) community cooling centers; and 

14 (B) resilience centers. 

15 (b) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Assistance pro16 vided under this section shall be used to supplement and 

17 not supplant other assistance provided under any other Act. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) COMMUNITY COOLING CENTER.—The term 

20 ‘‘community cooling center’’ means a public serving 

21 facility that provides an environment for people to 

22 maintain a healthy body temperature during an ex23 treme heat event. 

24 (2) RESILIENCE CENTER.—The term ‘‘resilience 

25 center’’ means a public serving facility with a hazard 


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1 resistant design with the purpose of programing, op2 erations, and communication to build community re3 silience before, during, and after emergency events. 

4 SEC. 4. GUIDANCE. 

5 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man7 agement Agency shall issue guidance related to— 

8 (1) extreme temperature events, including heat 

9 waves and freezes, and publish such guidance in the 

10 Federal Emergency Management Agency Public As11 sistance Program and Policy Guide; 

12 (2) hazard mitigation, including eligibility cri13 teria for projects that primarily mitigate the impacts 

14 of extreme heat and projects specified in section 

15 3(a)(2); and 

16 (3) extreme heat for the purposes of hazard miti17 gation planning under section 322 of the Robert T. 

18 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 5165), the National Preparedness 

20 Course Catalog, National Disaster Recovery Frame21 work, National Response Recovery Framework, and 

22 Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assess23 ment. 


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1 SEC. 5. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT AND COLD. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

3 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 

4 Emergency Management Agency shall conduct a study to 

5 measure the impact of extreme heat and recommend guid6 ance on mitigating and responding to extreme heat and 

7 cold. 

8 (b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study required 

9 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with 

10 relevant stakeholders and the heads of other Federal agen11 cies. 

12 (c) CONTENT.—In conducting the study required 

13 under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— 

14 (1) examine and consider solutions to address the 

15 impact of extreme heat and cold on— 

16 (A) disadvantaged communities; 

17 (B) buildings, roads, utilities, power gen18 eration, air conditioning units, and other rel19 evant infrastructure; 

20 (C) short- and long-term health outcomes; 

21 and 

22 (D) pets and livestock; 

23 (2) evaluate the geographical and regional dif24 ferences in the occurrence and impact of extreme heat 

25 and cold; 


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1 (3) evaluate the effectiveness of emergency alerts 

2 and the language used in such alerts to improve pub3 lic safety during extreme heat and cold events; 

4 (4) examine metrics for defining and commu5 nicating the severity of an extreme heat and cold 

6 event; 

7 (5) examine the compounding effects and con8 sequential risk of extreme heat and cold and wildfire 

9 smoke; 

10 (6) recommend best practices for community 

11 education and safety during extreme heat and cold 

12 events; 

13 (7) examine the impact extreme heat and cold to 

14 the health and safety of the Federal Emergency Man15 agement Agency workforce when responding to disas16 ters; 

17 (8) develop guidance for first responder training 

18 protocol for extreme heat and cold emergencies; and 

19 (9) recommend guidance for incorporating ex20 treme heat and cold into local and State government 

21 emergency management preparedness plans. 

22 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not less than 1 year after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

24 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc25 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 


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1 Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate 

2 a report containing— 

3 (1) the results of study required under subsection 

4 (a); and 

5 (2) any additional recommendations for devel6 oping a framework for mitigating and responding to 

7 extreme heat and cold emergencies. 


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Union Calendar No. 665 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9024 

[Report No. 118–813] 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emerweather, and for other purposes. tions relating to incident periods and extreme gency Management Agency to take certain acDECEMBER 5, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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