WASHINGTON — The review council that President Donald Trump tasked with overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency was supposed to release its recommendations before Monday but missed the deadline.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security declined to say when the report would be published, but wrote in a statement that it would “inform this Administration’s ongoing efforts to fundamentally restructure FEMA, transforming it from its current form into a streamlined, mission-focused disaster-response force.”

A congressional staffer, not authorized to speak publicly, said the report could be published as soon as mid-December.

Trump established the 12-person council through an executive order he signed back in January and tasked the group with releasing the report w

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