H.R. 1066 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 356 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1066 [Report No. 117–459] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2021Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Curtis, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Stewart, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. San Nicolas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure September 13, 2022Additional sponsors: Mr. Huffman, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Lynch, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Bass, Ms. Chu, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Stansbury, and Ms. Leger Fernandez September 13, 2022Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 15, 2021 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 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. . 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. September 13, 2022Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed