House Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding

Jurisdiction

The committee shall have nine members, with jurisdiction over state policy for natural disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery, including all matters pertaining to:

1. Evaluating and streamlining rules and regulations to speed preparedness for and recovery from natural disasters;
2. Improving early warning systems and other preparedness infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout the state;
3. Strengthening emergency communications and other response infrastructure in flood-prone areas throughout the state; and

Providing relief funding for response to and recovery from the storms which began in early July 2025, including local match funding for jurisdictions eligible for FEMA public assistance.

Source: Rules of the Texas House of Representatives, 89th Legislature.

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