Summary

Authorizes the President, acting through FEMA regional administrators, to provide grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel to state and local governments to prevent, mitigate, and manage extreme heat events. The measure requires FEMA to coordinate with NOAA and consult CDC, set eligibility and application rules, create an appeals process, and permits using existing FEMA authorities for assistance. Within 90 days of enactment the FEMA Administrator (with NOAA and CDC consultation) must set a clear temperature-and-duration threshold that defines an "extreme heat event." The law directs rulemaking and administrative procedures so state and local governments can apply for federal help to protect people and critical services during extreme heat episodes.

Key Points

• Creates a new Stafford Act authority letting FEMA provide grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel to states and localities for extreme heat events.
• Directs FEMA to coordinate with NOAA and consult CDC to set a temperature-and-duration threshold for "extreme heat events" within 90 days.
• Allows use of existing emergency and public assistance authorities to deliver aid (authorizing mechanisms similar to sections 403/404).
• Requires the President/FEMA to issue eligibility criteria, application requirements, implementing rules, and an administrative appeals process.
• Authorizes assistance but does not itself appropriate funds—funding will require separate appropriation or use of existing authorities.
• Targets mitigation and management of extreme heat—supporting public health response, critical infrastructure, and frontline responders.
• Establishes a science-based trigger for federal assistance by tying activation to NOAA/FEMA temperature-duration thresholds with CDC input.

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