117th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 7668FEMA Equity Act

To ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and permitting counties to seek emergency and major disaster declarations in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Emergency management
Introduced May 6, 2022
Last action May 9, 2022
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 6, 2022
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Referred
May 9, 2022
Financial Services · T&I
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Provisions · 12 sectionsIntroduced in House
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3 provisions
Timeline · 4 actions
May 9, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 6, 2022
Introduced in House
May 6, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 6, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.