Title: Wildfire Recovery Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Wildfire Recovery Act
This bill provides that the federal cost share for fire management assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act shall not be less than 75% of the cost of such assistance.
The bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop guidelines and a rule that establish thresholds for cases in which the federal cost share for fire management assistance may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire-specific metric to determine fire damage and recommend a federal cost share adjustment for fire damage that meets the established thresholds.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8945 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8945

     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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2020

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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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.

    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 ``Wildfire Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE.

    Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Federal Share.--The Federal share of assistance under this 
section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost, as set 
forth in the regulations, of such assistance.''.

SEC. 3. RULEMAKING.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency and in consultation with the heads of relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, including the United States Forest 
Service and Department of Interior, shall conduct and complete a 
rulemaking to develop guidelines and a rule that establishes thresholds 
for cases in which the Federal cost share for section 420 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5187) may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire-specific 
metric to determine fire damage referred to in subsection (a) of such 
section, and recommend a Federal cost share adjustment for fire damage 
that meets the established thresholds. The Administrator shall follow 
all notice and comment requirements set forth in section 553 of title 
5, United States Code, for such rulemaking.
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