H.R. 4058 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act
Cosponsors: 3 (2 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-06-20
Latest action (2025-11-20): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
What H.R. 4058 does, in plain terms
Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide outreach and support to stakeholders regarding grants for protecting communities from terrorist attacks. Specifically, FEMA must provide ongoing outreach and technical assistance to public entities and other stakeholders before, during, and after awarding grants under the State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Area Security Initiative. FEMA must conduct annual surveys of public entities regarding the grants and provide information on stakeholder feedback and how it was incorporated into these programs. The Government Accountability Office and FEMA must report to Congress on FEMA’s implementation of the bill.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
Constitution Index
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Constitutionally sound
Graded 2026-10-09
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This bill directs FEMA to conduct outreach, technical assistance, and surveys related to existing federal homeland security preparedness grants. It is an administrative support measure grounded in Congress's spending power and the necessary and proper clause; it does not restrict individual rights, commandeer state governments, or bypass procedural protections. The bill is constitutional as written.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
Congress may appropriate funds and attach conditions to grants to provide for the common defense and general welfare under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Because this bill regulates the administration of existing federal homeland security grant programs, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 also supports the means chosen. FEMA's duties here are within the federal spending power and do not exceed enume… -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
The bill imposes no restriction on speech, press, religion, assembly, petition, the right to keep and bear arms, quartering, searches, self-incrimination, trial rights, or cruel punishment. It is a grant-administration and reporting statute. No provision of the Bill of Rights is implicated. -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The bill does not prohibit or compel any action by private individuals or families. It directs federal agencies to provide support and gather feedback from public entities about voluntary grant programs. There is no burden on personal liberty, property, labor, or belief requiring a compelling justification. -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
The bill is limited to federal administration of grants that already exist to support state and local preparedness. Individuals and local governments cannot administer a federal grant program or compel federal reporting to Congress. It does not shift new regulatory power upward; it only improves the operation of existing federal spending and leaves actual preparedness decisions to state and local … -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
The bill creates no penalty, license, forfeiture, or property taking. It does not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property and therefore raises no procedural or substantive due process issue and no Fifth Amendment takings issue.
Sources: Congress.gov: HR 4058 summary
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