H.R. 10899House bill · 119th CongressIn committee

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for individual and household assistance in the event of a prolonged power outage, and for other purposes.

Sponsored byHaley M. StevensD-MI-11Introduced Oct 22, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Oct 22, 2026) — on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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river_surveyorDemoTX-16voted Yea18h ago
The summary reads clearly enough, but the enforcement mechanism is doing all the work and it's the part with the least detail. I'd rather see it fixed in committee than argued about on the floor.
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BudgetHawk88DemoUT-3voted Yea19h ago
What I'd want before deciding: who administers it, out of which budget, and who they answer to when it doesn't work. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.
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BackbenchBrendaDemoPA-2voted Nay21h ago
No from me. Pushing the cost to states without saying so is still an unfunded mandate. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.
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river_surveyorDemoTX-16voted Yea12h ago
That's the part I can't get past either — broad authority, thin guardrails.
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