# 119-hr-5780: Federal Emergency Management Continuity Act of 2025

119-hr-5780, Federal Emergency Management Continuity Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5780
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Emergency Management Continuity Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-10-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Keeps FEMA disaster aid flowing during funding gaps.** This bill would require FEMA to continue obligating and disbursing already appropriated Disaster Relief Fund money for Stafford Act programs during a lapse in appropriations and to treat certain FEMA staff as excepted from furlough or reduction in force.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep disaster aid flowing in shutdowns: benefit, medium. If enacted, FEMA would keep paying disaster aid during a federal funding lapse. Payments would come from the Disaster Relief Fund money already appropriated before the lapse. Help would be limited to Stafford Act programs, like Individual Assistance for households and Public Assistance for communit…
- Protect key FEMA staff from furloughs: benefit, medium. If enacted, FEMA employees needed to keep Disaster Relief Fund payments and related work going would be treated as excepted during a funding lapse. They would not be furloughed or laid off because of the lapse. This would apply only to workers needed for those payments, and only while funding is pa…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5780 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5780)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5780 (as of 2026-04-21).