Wildfire Recovery Act

Bill: 118-hr-480
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-24
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Disaster relief and insurance

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Fires

Forests, forestry, trees

Natural disasters

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Wildfire Recovery Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which FEMA may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share. Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses the financial impact to a state or local government from responding to a fire for which fire management assistance is being provided.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 480 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2023 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Curtis , Mr. Lynch , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Stansbury , Mr. Stanton , Ms. Norton , Ms. Schrier , Ms. Strickland , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Gallego , and Mr. Blumenauer ) 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 provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Recovery Act . 2. Fire management assistance cost share (a) In general Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Federal share The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 3. Rulemaking Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which the Administrator may recommend the President increase the Federal cost share for section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5187 ). Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses the financial impact to a State or local government from responding to a fire for which fire management assistance is being provided.