Post-Fire Flooding and Debris Flow Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4327
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Post-Fire Flooding and Debris Flow Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill makes changes to eligibility under the hazard mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the federal share of hazard mitigation assistance for mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow to be not less than 75% of the cost (currently, the President may contribute up to 75% of the cost).</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4327 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 26, 2022 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Luján , Mr. Heinrich , and Mrs. Murray ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide hazard mitigation assistance for mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Post-Fire Flooding and Debris Flow Act of 2022 . 2. Amendments to improve hazard mitigation assistance (a) In general Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief And Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking The President may contribute up to 75 percent of the cost and inserting The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the cost ; and (2) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (13), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (15) with respect to any area affected by a wildfire, mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow. . (b) Application The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to assistance provided under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c ) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.