Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1009
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2015-02-13
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Forests, forestry, trees
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area affected by a fire for which assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area affected by a fire for which hazard mitigation assistance was provided.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1009 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2015 Mr. Ruiz (for himself, Mr. Polis , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Cook , Mr. Peters , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Garamendi , Ms. Chu of California , Mr. Schiff , and Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico ) 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 2015 . 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) Hazard mitigation assistance The President may provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with section 404 in any area affected by a fire for 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 affected by a fire for 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.