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The FEMA 2025 Act could rewrite disaster recovery by moving FEMA toward faster, front-end funding while raising the stakes for local accuracy and accountability. This Govstar resource explains how H.R. 4669 may shift FEMA from DHS to Cabinet-level independence, replace legacy reimbursement with Section 409 engineer-certified estimates, impose a 90-day approval clock, create one-time inflation adjustments, launch unified survivor applications, add IA transparency dashboards, use 85%/75%/65% mitigation cost-share tiers, establish small-disaster block grants, expand Tribal direct-access authority, and require data-ready applicants for binding estimate risk. **Character count:** ~681 characters.