Government Power
Project 2025 proposes shifting most preparedness and response costs to states and localities. Executive Order 14239 established a policy of greater state/local responsibility and directed a national resilience strategy and federal-policy review.
Project 2025 said
Reforming FEMA emergency spending to shift the majority of preparedness and response costs to states and localities instead of the federal government.
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Government did
Match: Partial AlignmentThe order declared a policy of greater state and local preparedness responsibility and directed a national resilience strategy and review of federal preparedness policy.
Why this match
Executive Order 14239 adopts a state/local-responsibility policy and orders strategy work but does not itself shift the majority of FEMA costs.
A future President may rescind the policy. Material changes to statutory disaster programs and appropriations generally require Congress and agency implementation.
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