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IAEM Letters, Statements, and Testimony

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IAEM Letters, Statements, and Testimony

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Nov. 12 Letter to House leadership urging passage of the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act before Congress adjourns at the end of the year. This bill requires FEMA to consolidate federal grant applications for disaster relief for disaster survivors into one centralized and universal application. IAEM and 17 other stakeholders
Nov. 7 Letter to Congress urging them to vote on the Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act (S. 3071/H.R. 7671) before Congress adjourns. IAEM, ASFPM, BCEM, BuildStrong America, CSG, ICMA, NACo, NCSL, NEMA, NLC, NSDC, NVOAD, USCM
Sept. 17 Letter to the leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Caucus expressing concern for H.R. 1605, the Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023. IAEM, NEMA, BCEM
Sept. 17 Letter to leadership of the House Committee of Transportation and Infrastructure supporting the Addressing Addiction After Disasters (AAAD) Act, H.R. 5623. IAEM, NASADAD, the Kennedy Forum, NCMW
Sept. 11 Letter to the Senate and House leadership requesting that the shortfalls to the Disaster Relief Fund be addressed by passing a Continuing Resolution for FY25. IAEM, BCEM, NEMA, ASFPM, BuildStrong America, CSG, ICMA, NACE, NACo, NVOAD
June 5 Letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure leadership and the leadership of its Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management requesting that H.R. 7671, the Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act, be added to the upcoming June or July mark-up. IAEM, BCEM, NEMA, NVOAD, BuildStrong Coalition
May 28 Letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding funding priorities for the FY 2025 Budget. IAEM, NEMA, BCEM;
May 10 Letter to Congress asking the member to use the supplemental process to restore the funding for grants that were cut in the FY24 appropriations cycle. IAEM and 17 other stakeholder organizations
May 9 Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas regarding cuts to the grant programs in the FY24 budget agreement. IAEM, NEMA, BCEM
April 8 Comments to the Federal Communications Commission on Simplification of Multilingual Alerting (PS Docket No. 15-94) IAEM

Jan. 23

Letter endorsing H.R. 7070, the Wildfire Response Improvement Act sent to the sponsors of the Bill.

IAEM, NEMA, IAFC

Jan. 2

Letter to OMB regarding the need for additional funds for EMPG

IAEM, NEMA, BCEM