Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4898 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4898 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 31, 2024 Ms. Rosen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ 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 2024''. 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,'' before ``or drought''. <…