Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act

Subjects: Emergency Management, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Disaster relief and insurance, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Fires, Forests, forestry, trees, Natural disasters, State and local finance, State and local government operations

Summary:  <p><strong>Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance</strong><strong> Act</strong></p> <p>This bill sets the federal cost share of fire management assistance at 75% of the eligible cost of such assistance and permits a state or local government to use such assistance for the predeployment of assets and resources.</p> <p>The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which it may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 479 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 479

  To modify the fire management assistance cost share, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2023

  Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To modify the fire management assistance cost share, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Suppression and Response 
Funding Assurance Act''.

SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE AND ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of assistance under this 
section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such 
assistance.
    ``(f) Eligible Expense.--A State or local government may use 
assistance provided under this section for the predeployment of assets 
and resources.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
only apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 3. RULEMAKING.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, shall conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide 
criteria for the circumstances under which the Administrator may 
recommend the President increase the Federal cost share for section 420 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5187).
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