3.0.0 2419 2023-03-08T20:12:33Z 2023-03-08T20:12:33Z Senate S 2021-07-21 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-21T20:58:04Z 2021-07-21 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-07-21 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-07-21 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-07-21 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2021-09-15 False Emergency Management Air quality Appropriations Disaster relief and insurance Fires Forests, forestry, trees Lighting, heating, cooling Small business State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2021-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-05T12:19:53Z Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2021

This bill authorizes the President to declare a smoke emergency and provide emergency assistance to affected communities under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the President, upon determining that there is, or anticipating that there will be, a significant decrease in air quality due to wildland fire smoke in one or more states, may declare a smoke emergency. The governor or other agency of a state that is or will be affected may request such a declaration.

If the President declares a smoke emergency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies may provide emergency assistance to states and local communities that are or will be affected by the emergency, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel and resources for establishing smoke shelters, air purifiers, and additional air monitoring sites.

The Small Business Administration may provide grants to any small business concern that loses a significant amount of revenue due to wildland fire smoke in an area in which the President has declared a smoke emergency.

]]> Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the President to declare a smoke emergency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2419is/xml/BILLS-117s2419is.xml 2021-07-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.