A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers is pushing Congress to replenish FEMA's disaster relief fund, which is expected to be depleted next month.

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who previously oversaw the state's Divison of Emergency Management, introduced a bill which would provide FEMA with $11.5 billion in supplemental funding. The measure mirrors a bill led by Florida's Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott.

"As the former director of emergency management for the state of Florida, the only one in Congress, I'm very concerned about the fact that FEMA is going to run out of federal funds to help in the middle of hurricane season," said Moskowitz, a Democrat. "It's predicted they're going to run out in August." 

In a statement last month, Scott said that the bill "will ensure the federal government can uphold its obligation to quickly deploy emergency funding and resources to communities and Americans impacted by natural disasters."

Despite the bipartisan support for the measure, no votes have been scheduled. 

"Some of these storms are so powerful takes a decade for the communities to recover, but those early dollars are so important to the folks down there who, you know, need temporary housing who have to get their kids back in school... to get those relief workers in the area to pick up the debris removal," Moskowitz said. "To do all of these things requires money, and that's where the federal government comes in." 

Moskowitz says it's about being proactive before a major disaster strikes.

"The idea that we'll have an event and then try to fund it, well, that's going to hurt response, that's going to hurt recovery," he said. 

Spectrum News reached out to FEMA for comment about the pending legislation. 

Hurricane season started Jun 1. and continues until the end of November.