[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3506 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3506

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to authorize the use of fire management assistance 
           grants for debris removal, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2025

  Mr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to authorize the use of fire management assistance 
           grants for debris removal, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Post-Wildfire Environmental 
Emergency Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.

    Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and control'' and 
        inserting ``control, and remediation'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Debris Removal.--
            ``(1) In general.--Whether or not a major disaster is 
        declared, the President may provide assistance under this 
        section to clear debris and wreckage from publicly and 
        privately owned lands and waters resulting from a fire 
        described in subsection (a).
            ``(2) EPA assistance.--In providing assistance to a State 
        or local government for debris removal under this section 
        involving hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to 
        section 3001(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
        6921(b)), a hazardous substance described or listed pursuant to 
        sections 101 and 102 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
        Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
        9601, 9602), or a hazardous substance described in section 
        302.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
        regulation), the President may direct the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency to provide, with or without 
        reimbursement, the authorities and resources granted to the 
        Environmental Protection Agency under Federal law (including 
        personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, and managerial, 
        technical, and advisory services) to assist the State or local 
        government with the debris removal.''.
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