An executive order continues the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council until March 25, 2026. The order, published in the Federal Register on Jan. 29, 2026, was signed at the White House on Jan. 23, 2026, as Executive Order 14378.
The order says the council was created by an earlier executive order of Jan. 24, 2025, titled Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It continues that council until March 25, 2026. The text does not name members, set meetings, or describe the council’s duties.
The order assigns certain presidential functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Those are the functions under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that apply to this council. The order says the secretary is to perform them under the regulations, guidelines, and procedures set by the Administrator of General Services. It says that assignment holds even if another executive order provides otherwise. The act is the name the order uses for the federal law on advisory committees.
The order states that it is effective Jan. 24, 2026, the day after the date printed with the White House signature. It does not revoke the 2025 order that created the council. It sets a new end date for the council’s continuance.
The order includes limits on how it is to be read. It says it must not be read as weakening authority that law already gives an executive department, an agency, or the head of either. It also says it does not affect the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on budget, administrative, or legislative proposals.
The order says it is to be carried out in line with applicable law and only if appropriations are available. It says it does not create a substantive or procedural right or benefit that any party can enforce in court against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, or against officers, employees, or agents. The order says the Department of Homeland Security must pay the costs of publishing it.
The Federal Register entry is volume 91, pages 3993 to 3994, document number 2026-01872. The filing note says the document was filed on Jan. 28, 2026. The order does not say what work the council must finish before March 25, 2026, or what happens to the council after that date.