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Union Calendar No. 356 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1066 

[Report No. 117–459] 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 

Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. STEWART, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. SAN NICOLAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. STANTON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. LEE of California, 

Ms. ESHOO, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. 

SCHRIER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 

BASS, Ms. CHU, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 

Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. STANSBURY, and Ms. LEGER

FERNANDEZ

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost 

share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Recovery Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. 

6 Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

7 and Emergency Assistance Act is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

9 (f); and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of assist13 ance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent 

14 of the eligible cost of such assistance.’’. 

15 SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 

16 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 

17 this Act, the President, acting through the Administrator 

18 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall con19 duct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the 

20 circumstances under which the Administrator may rec21 ommend the President increase the Federal cost share for 

22 section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

23 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187). Such criteria 

24 shall include a threshold metric that assesses the financial 

25 impact to a State or local government from responding to 


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1 a fire for which fire management assistance is being pro2 vided. 


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Union Calendar No. 356 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1066 

[Report No. 117–459] 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

sistance, and for other purposes. bility with the cost share for fire management asand Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexiSEPTEMBER 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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