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119-s-444119th CongressWALLET

Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Introduced

Summary

Strengthen FEMA's workforce planning. This bill would require FEMA to produce a regular human capital operating plan and the Government Accountability Office to review whether that plan meets the bill's requirements.

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  • FEMA employees and leaders would get a full staffing roadmap. The plan would map current and needed staff and skills, set recruitment and retention goals by role and region, attach projected costs, and include performance measures for staffing and training.
  • Members of the Surge Capacity Force would face clearer rules for membership, training, and rapid deployment. The plan must detail Surge Capacity Force composition and the qualifications or training of non-FEMA members.
  • The Comptroller General would review each plan and deliver an analysis and recommendations within 180 days to help ensure plans meet the bill's requirements.
  • Congress would receive the plans, which must be submitted to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the bill prohibits authorizing new funds for its purposes.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

FEMA must make workforce plans

This bill would require FEMA to make a human capital operating plan within 1 year of enactment. The plan would be updated at least once every 3 years and sent to two congressional committees. It would list current staff by cadre, region, and office and set target staffing and skills for the next 3 years. The plan would include recruitment, retention, training, surge-deployment strategies (including the Surge Capacity Force), and a projected cost analysis. It would also track deployments after major disasters, report tenure and attrition by office, and follow OPM and Comptroller General best practices.

Limits new funding for FEMA planning

The bill would not authorize any new money to carry out this Act. If enacted, Congress would not be authorized to provide extra appropriations for implementing the plan. This limitation could constrain FEMA's ability to act quickly on the plan in the near term.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/6/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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