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119-hr-10771119th CongressWALLET

Emergency Preparedness in Higher Education Act

Sponsored By: Representative Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

Introduced

Summary

FEMA grant program for higher education emergency preparedness creates grants to help colleges build or expand emergency plans, facilities, training, and coordination. The aim is to boost readiness and recovery support for students, faculty, and administrators.

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  • Students and campus communities: Grants can help students displaced by disasters, fund replacement of instructional materials, and pay educator and staff incentives to support recovery and continuity.
  • Colleges and universities: Eligible institutions may receive awards from $250,000 to $5,000,000 to hire personnel, update comprehensive emergency plans, build or improve emergency operations centers and refuge areas, and buy technology for better coordination and situational awareness.
  • Access and oversight: Many institution types are eligible, including historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges, Native-serving and Asian-American and Pacific Islander-serving schools, vocational and career colleges. FEMA will evaluate applications among similar institution types and must report to Congress on grant effectiveness within 3 years.

*Authorizes $100.0 million per year for FY2027–2031, potentially allowing up to $500.0 million in federal spending over five years.*

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College emergency preparedness grants

If enacted, FEMA would create a grant program within 180 days to boost college emergency preparedness. The bill would authorize $100 million each year for 2027 through 2031. Individual grants would be $250,000 to $5,000,000 and could pay for staff, emergency plans, operations centers, sheltering spaces, and coordination equipment. Eligible schools would include HBCUs, Hispanic-serving, Tribal, vocational, and other higher education institutions. Applications would explain how grants help students, faculty, and staff and assist students displaced by disasters. FEMA would award grants among similar institution types and report to Congress within three years.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

LA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 10/9/2026

Roll Call Votes

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