A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday that would reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including making it a Cabinet-level agency once again.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Sam Graves, R-Mo., was joined by three other House reps in introducing H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025.

Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.; Daniel Webster, R-Fla.; and Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., are also sponsoring the bill, which would designate FEMA as an agency that reports directly to the president, as it did from 1996 until 2003, when it was moved under the Department of Homeland Security.

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