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The bill increases outreach, transparency, and oversight to help governments and first responders secure better-targeted homeland security grants, but imposes administrative costs, potential delays in visible benefits, and extra burdens on smaller jurisdictions.
State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments will receive regular outreach and technical assistance that improves their ability to apply for and use UASI and SHSGP grants.
Frontline responders (police, fire, EMS) are more likely to get grants aligned to local preparedness needs because of improved outreach and engagement.
Annual surveys and required summaries increase transparency about stakeholder feedback and how FEMA incorporates that input into Notices of Funding Opportunity.
FEMA will incur additional administrative costs to run surveys, produce summaries, and respond to GAO reporting, which could divert funds from direct grant activities or require higher appropriations.
Smaller jurisdictions may face increased administrative burden to participate in surveys and feedback processes without guaranteed changes to funding outcomes.
Reporting and survey timelines (two- and three-year deadlines) may delay observable improvements to outreach and grant alignment until after those reviews are completed.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires FEMA to run annual stakeholder surveys, publish feedback summaries, incorporate feedback into grant notices, and deliver GAO and FEMA reports on outreach.
Requires the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA to strengthen and formalize outreach, engagement, education, technical assistance, and stakeholder support for two preparedness grant programs (the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program). It mandates annual stakeholder surveys, public summaries of feedback and explanations of how feedback shaped future funding notices, additional feedback mechanisms as needed, a GAO review within two years, and a FEMA report to congressional homeland security committees within three years.
Introduced June 20, 2025 by Daniel Goldman · Last progress November 20, 2025