,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,harder of ,california 7for   
himself and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural           
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committees on ,agriculture1 ,armed     
,services1 and ,science1 ,space1 and    
,technology1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the              
standardization of reciprocal fire      
suppression cost share agreements1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fire    
,department ,repayment ,act of #bjbe4   
#b4 ,requirements relating to certain   
fire suppression cost share agreements  
7a7 ,establishment of standard operating
 procedures ,not later than #a year     

after the date of the enactment of this 
section1 the ,secretaries shall-- 7#a7  
establish standard operating procedures 
relating to payment timelines for fire  
suppression cost share agreements       
established under the ,act of ,may #bg1 
#aiee 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahef;a7 7commonly 
known as the ,reciprocal ,fire          
,protection ,act72 and  7#b7 with       
respect to each fire suppression cost   
share agreement in operation on such    
date-- 7,a7 review each such agreement2 
and  7,b7 modify each agreement as      
necessary to comply with the standard   
operating procedures required under     
paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,alignment of fire 
suppression cost share agreements with  
cooperative fire protection agreements  
,the standard operating procedures      
required under subsection 7a77#a7 shall 
include a requirement that each fire    
suppression cost share agreement be     
aligned with each of the cooperative    
fire protection agreements applicable to
 the entity subject to such fire        

suppression cost share agreement4  7c7  
,payments pursuant to cost share        
agreements ,with respect to payments    
made pursuant to fire suppression cost  
share agreements1 the standard operating
 procedures required under subsection   
7a77#a7 shall require that the ,federal 
paying entity reimburse a local fire    
department if such fire department      
submits an invoice in accordance with   
cost settlement procedures4  7d7 ,sense 
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that the ,secretaries should  
carry out reciprocal fire suppression   
cost share agreement repayments to local
 fire suppression organizations as soon 
as practicable after fire suppression   
occurs but not later than #a year after 
fire suppression occurs4  7e7           
,secretaries defined ,in this section1  
the term ,secretaries means-- 7#a7 the  
,secretary of ,agriculture2  7#b7 the   
,secretary of the ,interior2  7#c7 the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 and  
7#d7 the ,secretary of ,defense4