Sponsor
Thomas Roland Tillis
Senator · R-NC
Senator · R-NC
The bill provides immediate, sizable federal disaster relief to speed recovery at the state and local level, but does so by adding $25 billion in unoffset spending that raises deficit pressures and could force future tradeoffs or produce uneven on-the-ground results if funds are poorly managed.
State and local governments receive $25 billion in FY2025 for disaster response and recovery, enabling faster repairs to roads, utilities, housing, and other infrastructure after major disasters.
Taxpayers and disaster-affected communities get faster access to federal relief because an emergency designation lets the aid be provided immediately without PAYGO offsets.
Taxpayers face increased federal deficit risk because $25 billion in spending is added without offsets.
Taxpayers and middle-class families could see reductions in future discretionary spending for other priorities if Congress later offsets the added deficit or reallocates funds.
State and local governments and disaster-affected communities may still experience delayed, uneven, or inefficient relief if funds are not well managed.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Appropriates $25 billion in emergency funds to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund for FY2025, designated as emergency spending.
Official title: Appropriate amounts to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Thomas Roland Tillis · Last progress June 5, 2025
Provides a one-time emergency appropriation of $25 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund for fiscal year 2025. The appropriation is designated as emergency spending under statutory PAYGO and congressional budget enforcement rules. The money is intended to replenish FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund to pay for disaster response and recovery activities; the funding takes effect upon enactment and is labeled an emergency requirement for budget enforcement purposes.