r/EmergencyManagement • u/UsualOkay6240 Federal • Jul 31 '25

News Trump Official Denies Shutting Down FEMA Disaster Program (BRIC)

https://www.law360.com/articles/2371318/trump-official-denies-shutting-down-fema-disaster-program

I don't have access to the article, the snippet says the administration has not decided on shutting down the BRIC program.

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u/coenobita_clypeatus Jul 31 '25

So you know how a whole bunch of states sued over the BRIC cancellation? The administration filed a response on Friday and basically said “We didn’t REALLY cancel it yet, we just SAID we were canceling it, so it’s not ACTUALLY canceled and therefore you can’t make us un-cancel it.” I’m not a lawyer but that argument seems, um, creative. We’ll see what happens next, I guess.

Here’s the court document: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.286918/gov.uscourts.mad.286918.59.0.pdf

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u/UsualOkay6240 Federal Jul 31 '25

Thank you for this!