Advance the Community Disaster Protection Act to create a five-year FEMA pilot grant program helping local governments and community organizations design, develop, implement, or facilitate community-based catastrophe insurance in high-risk communities.

Johnny Olszewski, Jr. · Maryland · Democratic

spending impact 0.72 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 91%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Advance legislation directing FEMA to establish a five-year pilot grant program for community-based catastrophe insurance.. Promised outcome: High-risk communities would have support to secure affordable disaster coverage and close insurance gaps.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Maryland's 2nd District; co-introducer of the Community Disaster Protection Act in the 119th Congress.

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The Community Disaster Protection Act would direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a 5-year pilot program to award competitive grants to local governments, quasi-government bodies, and community-based organizations to design, develop, implement, or facilitate CBCI.

Olszewski co-introduced legislation that would direct FEMA to run a five-year grant pilot for community-based catastrophe insurance.

Representatives Min and Olszewski Introduce the Community Disaster Protection Act to Expand Insurance Access in High-Risk Communities | Representative Dave Min
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Evidence

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introduced the Community Disaster Protection Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official House press release says Olszewski joined Min in introducing the Community Disaster Protection Act. This is concrete same-term legislative effort, but not enactment or implementation of the FEMA pilot program.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representatives Min and Olszewski Introduce the Community Disaster Protection Act to Expand Insurance Access in High-Risk Communities | Representative Dave Min
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shall establish a pilot program to award grants to covered entities

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The posted bill text matches the promised FEMA grant pilot structure, but it is framed as taking effect after enactment, so the commitment remains unresolved absent passage into law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

final-text-community-disaster-protection-act.pdf
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

Verified evidence shows Olszewski introduced the Community Disaster Protection Act, which is material same-term legislative effort toward the commitment. However, the verified evidence does not show enactment of the bill or establishment of the FEMA five-year pilot grant program. Under the rules, introduction alone does not fulfill a promise to create or achieve the program, and no deadline has expired.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%