# 119-s-2200: First Responders Emergency Assistance Act

119-s-2200, First Responders Emergency Assistance Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2200
- Congress: 119
- Title: First Responders Emergency Assistance Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a FEMA grant program to help local law enforcement and first responders respond to sudden, substantial increases in people who recently entered the United States.** The proposal would pay for equipment, maintenance, personnel costs like salaries and overtime, and other locally approved response expenses while forbidding grant funds from reimbursing costs tied to enforcing Federal immigration laws. - Local law enforcement and first responders would be eligible for grants covering direct costs such as equipment, maintenance, salaries, overtime, fringe benefits, and backfill positions. - At least 25% of funds awarded under the program would go to eligible entities in States that border Canada or Mexico. - FEMA would be required to collect and maintain annual financial data on these grants, issue guidelines within 90 days after enactment, and provide annual reports and briefings for five years coordinated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including a first-year review of multi-year grant options.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for first responders during surges: benefit, medium. This bill would create a FEMA grant program for State, Tribal, territorial, and local law enforcement and first responder agencies. Grants would pay for equipment, maintenance, salaries, overtime, fringe benefits, backfill staff, and other response costs tied to a large, sudden rise in arrivals of…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2200 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2200)

## Related
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2200 (as of 2026-04-21).