Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3965 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3965 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2023 Mr. Gallego (for himself, Ms. Garcia of Texas, and Mr. Amodei) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER. Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting ``extreme heat,…