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The bill reduces certain FEMA obligations and near‑term federal spending—preserving funds for traditional disaster response—but does so by cutting off assistance and sheltering support tied to immigration-related needs, shifting costs and health/safety burdens onto undocumented immigrants, mixed‑status families, local governments, nonprofits, and potentially taxpayers in the longer term.
Taxpayers and traditional disaster-response priorities: rescinding unobligated FEMA balances and limiting use of FEMA funds for off-site sheltering tied to CBP preserves FEMA resources for conventional disaster response and lowers near-term federal outlays.
Federal budget / taxpayers: rescinding unobligated FEMA balances reduces federal spending commitments tied to those transfers, decreasing near-term federal expenditures.
Undocumented immigrants and mixed‑status, low‑income households: would lose eligibility for FEMA disaster assistance, increasing immediate financial hardship and reducing access to recovery aid after disasters.
Immigrants in CBP short‑term holding facilities: are more likely to face prolonged overcrowding and related health and safety risks if alternative non‑Federal sheltering support is curtailed.
Local governments and nonprofits: will likely absorb shifted disaster and humanitarian costs and lose potential federal funding for temporary shelters or facility improvements, straining local budgets and service providers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits FEMA from supporting non‑Federal sheltering or facility work to relieve CBP short‑term holding facility overcrowding and rescinds specified unobligated FEMA transfers from recent appropriations.
Official title: Terminate the Shelter and Services Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 27, 2025 by James Risch · Last progress February 27, 2025
Prohibits FEMA from carrying out or funding any program that supports sheltering, facility improvements, construction, or related activities by non‑Federal entities to relieve overcrowding in U.S. Customs and Border Protection short‑term holding facilities, and rescinds specified unobligated FEMA balances previously transferred under two recent appropriations acts.