Keeping Families Safe from Wildfire Smoke Act

Bill: 118-hr-9150
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2024-07-25
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Keeping Families Safe from Wildfire Smoke Act</strong></p><p>This bill explicitly authorizes the President to declare that a major disaster exists when wildfire smoke causes damage sufficient to warrant federal major disaster assistance. &nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9150 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2024 Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include wildfire smoke in the definition of major disaster.

1. Short Title This Act may be cited as Keeping Families Safe from Wildfire Smoke Act . 2. Wildfire Smoke Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122 (2)) is amended by inserting wildfire smoke, after snowstorm, .