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This bill, known as the Disaster Relief Continuity Act of 2025, establishes a mechanism to ensure continuous funding for disaster relief activities during potential government funding lapses. Specifically, the bill provides automatic appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for fiscal year 2026 if interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect. These funds can be used for critical disaster response activities such as providing financial support for declared major disasters and emergencies, covering salaries of essential FEMA personnel involved in disaster response and recovery, and continuing payments for existing federally-funded disaster recovery projects. The automatic funding is limited and will terminate upon the earliest of three events: the enactment of a new appropriation, the passage of an appropriations resolution without specific disaster relief funding, or January 1, 2027. The bill explicitly restricts the use of these funds for nonessential administrative functions, new policy development, or non-disaster-related activities, ensuring that the funds are strictly used for emergency response and recovery efforts.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5648/all-info