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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1066
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 2022
Received
AN ACT
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Wildfire Recovery Act
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Fire management assistance cost share
In general
Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act is amended—
by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
Federal share
The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance.
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Applicability
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall only apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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.