Title: Wildfire Recovery Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Wildfire Recovery Act
This bill makes changes with respect to the federal cost share for Fire Management Assistance Grants and provides that the federal share shall be not less than 75% of the eligible cost.
Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct and complete a rulemaking to develop guidelines and a rule that establishes thresholds for cases in which the federal cost share for such grants may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire-specific metric to determine fire damage and recommend a federal share adjustment for fire damage that meets the established thresholds.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1066 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1066

     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

                           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

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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 Department of 
Agriculture and the 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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