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HR.1356 - 119th Congress

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Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Emergency Management
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This bill would create a new pilot grant program to help communities recover from mudslides that happen after wildfires. The program would be run by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA, and it would award grants on a competitive basis to groups with ideas for repairing this kind of damage. The goal is to support new and practical solutions for places that are at risk of wildfire-related mudslides.

  • The program would have to be set up within 180 days after the bill becomes law.
  • Money could go to states, Indian tribes, state or tribal forestry agencies, local governments, fire departments, and certain nonprofit groups, including homeowners associations that help communities in wildfire-prone areas.
  • Applicants would need to follow the rules set by the two agencies and provide the information they ask for.
  • The bill would allow $5 million each year from fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2032 to pay for the program.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1356 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1356

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, to establish a pilot grant program to address damage 
    from mudslides that occur after a wildland fire, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2025

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, to establish a pilot grant program to address damage 
    from mudslides that occur after a wildland fire, 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 ``Mudslide Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. MUDSLIDE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly 
establish a pilot grant program to make grants on a competitive basis 
to eligible recipients to implement innovative solutions to repair the 
damage caused by mudslides that occur after a wildland fire.
    (b) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, 
an eligible recipient shall submit to the Secretaries concerned an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretaries concerned jointly determine is 
appropriate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient'' 
        means--
                    (A) a State, an Indian Tribe, or a forestry agency 
                of a State or Indian Tribe;
                    (B) a local government;
                    (C) a fire department; and
                    (D) a non-profit organization, including a 
                homeowner association that assists communities located 
                in an area with a risk of wildland fires.
            (2) Secretaries concerned.--The term ``Secretaries 
        concerned'' means the Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
        United States.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2032.
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