# 119-hres-1138: Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and expressing concern that the systematic reduction of its career workforce has undermined those missions and endangered the safety and security of United States citizens.

119-hres-1138, Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and expressing concern that the systematic reduction of its career workforce has undermined those missions and endangered the safety and security of United States citizens., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-1138
- Congress: 119
- Title: Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and expressing concern that the systematic reduction of its career workforce has undermined those missions and endangered the safety and security of United States citizens.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-04

## Summary

**Protect the career workforce at FEMA, CISA, and TSA to preserve disaster response, cybersecurity, and transportation security.** This resolution would urge the administration to halt unauthorized staff cuts, provide a detailed accounting of reductions, and nominate a permanent FEMA Administrator. - Families and travelers would face longer airport waits and security delays as Transportation Security Administration callout rates exceed 10% nationally and top 30% at some major airports, with passengers seeing lines over two hours. - Disaster-hit communities would see weaker federal response capacity after FEMA fell from about 25,800 employees in December 2024 to roughly 22,100 in 2025, a loss of more than 3,000 positions, and had only 12% of its incident management force available at the 2025 hurricane season start. - Cybersecurity and election protection would be weakened as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shrank from over 3,000 staff to roughly 2,300, losing nearly 1,000 employees and eliminating its Election Security Program of 14 positions and about $39.6 million in annual funding. - Congress and oversight would face accountability questions because the resolution notes roughly 322,000 federal separations between January and November 2025 and finds many DHS workforce reductions occurred without congressional authorization and in some cases were ruled unlawful by federal courts.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stop unauthorized cuts to FEMA, CISA, TSA: benefit, medium. This resolution would call on the Administration to stop further cuts to the career workforce at FEMA, CISA, and TSA when those cuts are not specifically authorized by Congress through the appropriations process. It would apply to career staff and to reductions that were not approved by Congress. T…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hres-1138 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1138)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-1138 (as of 2026-06-04).