FEMA must plan its workforce every three years.
H.R. 10537 — Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act · Filed by Troy Carter (D-LA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells FEMA to write a plan every three years. The plan must show how many workers FEMA needs. It must show what skills are missing and how to hire workers. The plan must show how to stop unfair treatment. It must measure how well FEMA does its job. FEMA does not get new money for this.
Who it affects
FEMA workers and people FEMA helps during disasters are affected. Congress will review the plans to check if FEMA is ready.
One thing to notice
The bill makes FEMA write down its staffing choices. It tells FEMA to prevent discrimination in hiring.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- FEMA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helps people during disasters.
- discrimination — Treating people unfairly because of who they are or what they believe.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,947 characters) on Sep 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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