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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3661 
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 
MAY 29, 2025 
Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. STANTON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to take certain actions relating to inci-
dent periods and extreme weather, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extreme Weather and 
Heat Response Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCIDENT PERIODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
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Federal Emergency Management Agency shall convene an 
advisory panel consisting of emergency management per-
sonnel to assist the Agency in reviewing the process and 
procedures related to the determination of incident periods 
for all hazards for emergencies or major disasters declared 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—This advisory panel con-
vened under subsection (a) shall consist of at least 
2 representatives from national emergency manage-
ment organizations, at least 2 relevant county offi-
cials, at least 1 representative from the National 
Weather Service, and at least 5 representatives from 
each of the 10 regions of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency selected from emergency man-
agement personnel employed by State, local, terri-
torial, or Tribal authorities within each region. 
(2) INCLUSION ON PANEL.—To the furthest ex-
tent practicable, representation on the advisory 
panel shall include emergency management per-
sonnel from rural, urban, underrepresented, Tribal, 
and insular jurisdictions and representatives of State 
or local governments with responsibility for the fi-
nancial or budgetary impact of disasters. 
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(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In reviewing the process and 
procedures related to the determination of incident periods 
under subsection (a), the advisory panel convened under 
such subsection shall consider the effectiveness of incident 
periods, including— 
(1) incident periods for slow on-set disasters; 
(2) incident periods for correlated non-contig-
uous disasters; 
(3) incident periods for compound disasters; 
and 
(4) incident periods for cascading disasters. 
(d) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report 
regarding the findings of the review under this section 
that includes any recommendations of the advisory panel 
convened under subsection (a), including additional legis-
lation that may be necessary to address such findings. 
(e) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report discussing— 
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(1) a summary of the findings of the advisory 
panel convened under subsection (a); 
(2) the implementation of recommendations 
from such advisory panel; and 
(3) any additional legislative recommendations 
necessary to improve the effectiveness of incident pe-
riods. 
(f) RULEMAKING.—Immediately following a 30 day 
congressional review period of the report described in sub-
section (e), the Administrator shall begin a rulemaking to 
issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the 
recommendations of the advisory panel. 
SEC. 3. MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency may, under section 203 
and 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133 and 5170c)— 
(1) consider innovative preparedness and miti-
gation projects eligible for the purposes of mitigating 
impacts during an extreme heat event, including 
stockpiling and installing equipment for households, 
first responders, and public health and health care 
systems and emergency voucher programs; 
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