US EditionTrump’s FEMA council to recommend dramatic downsizing and overhaul – but not elimination – of the agency: CNN
The FEMA overhaul would cut the agency's workforce by about 50%, shift disaster aid to states via block grants, and raise federal disaster declaration thresholds, the Trump task force said.
- President Donald Trump’s FEMA Review Council is expected to recommend cutting the Federal Emergency Management Agency workforce by 50% and replacing some federal aid with block grants to states and local communities, according to CNN.
- After months of closed-door council deliberations, the FEMA Review Council will say changes aim to streamline operations, cut red tape and shift more disaster responsibility to states, reflecting President Donald Trump’s push before a Thursday vote.
- Recommendations would rebalance staff out of Washington, DC and the report preserves FEMA under DHS and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s control of its $25 billion budget.
- Congress is weighing separate legislation, including the bipartisan FEMA Act with 40 co-sponsors, as state emergency management officials and agency veterans warn cuts could reduce preparedness and courts handle grant disputes.
- Raising aid thresholds would shift disaster costs to states, while Federal Emergency Management Agency retains its Urban Search and Rescue Network; some proposals need Congress and federal regulators' approval.
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Exclusive: Trump's Fema Council Will Recommend Drastic Cuts and Sweeping Restructuring of the Agency
By Gabe Cohen, CNN. A task force created by President Donald Trump plans to recommend the most sweeping restructuring of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in decades, drastically reducing the federal agency's role in disaster response by cutting its workforce in half and implementing a new block grant system designed to get aid to communities faster and with less red tape. The recommendations from the FEMA Review Council, a copy of …
FEMA council expected to announce recommendations
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story FEMA council expected to announce recommendations The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls…
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