119 HR 4497 IH: Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4497IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 17, 2025Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Casten, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025.

2.

Definition of major disaster

Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting extreme heat, before or drought.