Moskowitz’s FEMA Independence Act ... would remove FEMA from DHS and restore it as an independent, Cabinet-level agency reporting directly to the President.
Jared Moskowitz will make FEMA an independent, Cabinet-level agency reporting directly to the President.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Washington Post reported that Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Rep. Byron Donalds introduced a bipartisan bill to establish FEMA as an independent, Cabinet-level agency outside DHS.
The White House extended the FEMA Review Council until 10 days after its report was submitted or May 29, 2026, showing FEMA's structure was still under active review rather than changed.
The Washington Post reported that the FEMA Review Council approved a report recommending major FEMA overhauls; a prior draft would have kept FEMA under DHS, but that language was removed and the report itself had no legal force.
Assessments
Moskowitz took concrete same-term action by introducing a bipartisan bill to remove FEMA from DHS and make it an independent Cabinet-level agency. But the evidence shows only introduction and ongoing debate: as of March to May 2026 FEMA's structure was still under White House review, the review council's report had no legal force, and there is no evidence the bill passed or that FEMA was actually made independent. Because he materially advanced the promised change but the outcome has not been delivered and is not shown to be definitively dead, the best judgment is unresolved rather than delivered or partial policy completion.