Bipartisan Bill Elevates FEMA to Cabinet-Level Agency for Enhanced Disaster Response

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A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives proposes that FEMA's chief report directly to the president instead of the Homeland Security secretary, aiming to elevate the agency's status and grant it more authority, amid ongoing debates about FEMA's future and responses to natural disasters.
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