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    Executive Actions Affecting
    Disaster Assistance

    2025 Presidential Actions
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    March 19, 2025

    Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness

    An EO directing the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in consultation with other administration officials, to promulgate a National Resilience Strategy; review all national continuity, critical infrastructure, and preparedness and response policies; and develop a National Risk Register to identify natural and malign risks to our national infrastructure. A fact sheet on the EO can be found on the White House website.
     
    February 25, 2025

    President Trump Takes Decisive Action to Deliver Relief to Kentucky

    A Major Disaster Declaration for Kentucky in response to severe storms and flooding.
     
    February 16, 2025

    President Donald J. Trump Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration

    An action declaring a state of emergency in Kentucky and authorizing federal financial assistance in response to severe storms and flooding.
     
    February 5, 2025

    Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency

    An EO establishing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council to advise the President on the “ability of FEMA to capably and impartially address disasters” and make recommendations on FEMA reform. The review council will be composed of 20 members, including relevant agency heads and representatives from sectors outside the federal government.