Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council
Signed: January 23, 2026
Published: January 29, 2026
Document Number: 2026-01872
đSummary
This executive order extends the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council, which was created to assess FEMA, and keeps it in place until March 25, 2026. It affects the Council and the federal agencies that support or oversee its work, especially the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It assigns the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out the Presidentâs responsibilities under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for this Council, following government-wide advisory committee rules. It takes effect January 24, 2026, and notes that it does not change other agenciesâ legal authorities, depends on available funding, and does not create enforceable rights; DHS will pay the publication costs.
đźBusiness Impact
This order extends FEMAâs Review Council through March 25, 2026, signaling continued scrutiny of FEMA programs and potential near-term changes to disaster assistance rules, procurement priorities, and grant administration. Businesses most affected are disaster-response contractors (debris removal, logistics, temporary housing, construction), insurers and risk-management firms, critical infrastructure operators, and any company relying on FEMA grants or reimbursement (including state/local government vendors). While it doesnât impose new direct compliance duties, it creates an opportunity to track and influence upcoming policy recommendationsâexpect tighter documentation, performance standards, and eligibility criteria in FEMA-funded work as DHS oversees the council under FACA. Immediate actions: review your FEMA-related contracts/grant dependencies, strengthen cost-tracking and audit-ready documentation, monitor council outputs and DHS/FEMA procurement notices, and engage through industry associations or public comment channels to shape recommendations that could affect reimbursement and contracting.
Full Text
Executive Order 14378 of January 23, 2026
Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and consistent with chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act), it is hereby ordered:
Section 1 . The Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council, created by Executive Order 14180 of January 24, 2025 (Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency), is continued until March 25, 2026.
Sec. 2 . Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Executive Order, the functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that are applicable to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council shall be performed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in accordance with the regulations, guidelines, and procedures established by the Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 3 . This order shall be effective January 24, 2026.
Sec. 4 . General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
( printed page 3994)(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Homeland Security.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 23, 2026.