Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3333
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2013-10-23
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Forests, forestry, trees
Latest action: action_date: 2013-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3333 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2013 Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Tipton , Mr. Cook , and Mr. Polis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 . 2. Wildfire mitigation assistance (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 (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Post disaster mitigation assistance The President may provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with section 404 in any area in which assistance was provided under this section, whether or not a major disaster had been declared. . (b) Conforming amendments The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 404(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c(a) )— (A) by inserting before the first period , or any area in which assistance was provided under section 420 ; and (B) in the third sentence, by inserting or event under section 420 after major disaster each place that term appears; and (2) in section 322(e)(1) ( 42 U.S.C. 5165(e)(1) ), by inserting or event under section 420 after major disaster each place that term appears.