# Major Disaster Allocation

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Disaster Relief Fund  
**Source document:** Federal Emergency Management Agency · p. 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/major-disaster-allocation  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 22,510.0 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 22,510.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 28,379.0 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Pricing Change 1 - Base Emergency 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10-year average of actual obligations for Emergency Declarations. Pricing Change 2 - Base FMAG 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10- year average of actual obligations for Fire Management Assistance Grants (FMAG). Pricing Change 3 - Base Surge 10-Year Average: This pricing change reflects updated estimates based on the FY 2026 recalculation of the 10-year average of actual obligations for pre-declaration Surge activities. Pricing Change 4 - FTE and Pay Reassessment: This pricing change reflects updated estimates for FTE and pay requirements based on analysis of the historical averages and adjustments to current staffing levels. Pricing Change 5 - FY 2027 DRF Base Budget: This pricing change reflects the FY 2027 current services requirements for the DRF Base, which will be funded by FY 2026 carryover balances and projected recoveries. Pricing Change 6 - FY 2027 DRF Base Budget Offset: This pricing change reflects the offset of $843.4M of the FY 2027 DRF Base requirements which will be funded by FY 2026 carryover balances and projected recoveries. Pricing Change 7 - Major Disaster Estimate: This pricing change reflects updated estimates for major disasters. FEMA collaborates with affected states and localities to leverage spend plans and develop the cost estimates. The cost estimates cover ongoing catastrophic disasters, a historical average of obligations for non-catastrophic disasters, and a reserve to ensure FEMA maintains the ability to fund initial response operations for new


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › Federal Emergency Management Agency › Disaster Relief Fund › Major Disaster Allocation


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*