United States · Law · HR
H.R. 6249 (118th)
Think Differently About Emergencies Act
Introduced
6 November 2023
Last action
—
Status
Became Public Law No: 118-123.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
18 November 2025
Summary
Think Differently About Emergencies Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress regarding assistance and resources provided by FEMA to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the families of such individuals who are impacted by major disasters. Specifically, FEMA must report within 120 days of this bill's enactment, describing the assistance and resources that FEMA provides to such individuals and families through states, localities, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. Further, FEMA and GAO must each (1) review such assistance and resources, (2) identify potential legal impediments to providing such assistance and resources, and (3) provide recommendations to Congress.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
17 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 26 November 2024
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 26 November 2024
Public Law
summary · EN · 25 November 2024
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 23 July 2024
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 23 July 2024
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 12 March 2024
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 12 March 2024
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 11 March 2024
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 11 March 2024
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 20 February 2024
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 20 February 2024
Reported to House
summary · EN · 20 February 2024
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 November 2023
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 November 2023
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 November 2023
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6249
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6249