117 HR 1066 : Wildfire Recovery Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-09-14 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 1066IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSeptember 14, 2022ReceivedAN ACTTo 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.

Passed the House of Representatives September 13, 2022.Cheryl L. Johnson,Clerk.