Trump to sign executive order on disaster relief on Monday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday designed to empower state and local governments and citizens to handle disaster preparations and relief, a White House official said.

The order is in keeping with Trump’s drive to place more responsibility for disaster response to states and away from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The White House official, describing the contents of the order, said it delivers on Trump’s commitment “to shift power from Washington to the American people.”

The order calls for a review of all infrastructure, continuity, and preparedness and response policies in order to update and simplify federal approaches, the official said.

(Reporting by Steve Holland, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Howard Goller)