US EditionFederal Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Diverting Disaster Prevention Grants
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS (BOSTON), AUG 5 – Judge Richard Stearns blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion for FEMA disaster prevention grants, citing lack of Congressional approval, after 20 state
- On Tuesday, Judge Richard G. Stearns granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s reallocation of $4 billion for FEMA’s BRIC program.
- Last month, 20 Democratic-led states sued after the Trump administration announced plans to end the BRIC program, claiming reallocating funds breaches the Constitution.
- The BRIC program funds projects strengthening electrical grids, levees for flood protection, and relocating vulnerable water treatment facilities, but states warn ending it could cancel hundreds of projects.
- Warning that the ruling could restrict disaster response, FEMA noted FEMA warned the injunction could limit its ability to respond to major disasters, while Stearns said the government could seek court approval only for an ‘unprecedented’ disaster.
- Despite the April announcement to end BRIC, FEMA and DHS later said they are still evaluating whether to end or revise the program, the administration argued in court filings.
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Federal judge dictates that the Trump administration cannot reallocate $4,000 million for disaster mitigation
Court halts Trump's reallocation of FEMA disaster preparedness funds
A federal judge issued a temporary order on Tuesday stopping the Trump administration from redirecting $4.5 billion in funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), intended to help communities prepare for and prevent future storm damage. Nineteen Democratic attorneys general and one governor are suing the Trump administration for trying to cancel Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, also known as BRIC, a FEMA program t…
Judge blocks Trump admin from reallocating disaster prevention funds
A federal judge prevented the Trump administration from reallocating billions of dollars to a FEMA disaster prevention program on Tuesday. Judge Richard Stearns of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction blocking allocated funds from being steered away from FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. The program awards grants to fund projects in states that aim to …
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