Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

Unites States [2006]

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history of FEMA

  • Hurricane Katrina: National Guard
    In Federal Emergency Management Agency: Reforms

    Congress passed the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to prevent future fumbled responses. This established FEMA as a distinct agency to give it more autonomy and the ability to respond more quickly and elevated the FEMA administrator to act as the principal adviser to the president…

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