Bill Details
S.133 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-01-16
Policy Area
Emergency Management
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This bill would change how the federal government helps pay for fire management assistance. It sets the federal share of eligible fire response costs at no less than 75%, which could reduce the amount states and local governments have to cover when dealing with major fires. It also tells FEMA to create rules about when the federal share can be increased further, and to update its policies so that certain costs for moving fire-fighting resources into place before an emergency may be reimbursed.
- The bill raises the minimum federal payment for fire management assistance to at least 75% of eligible costs.
- This change would apply only to money appropriated after the law takes effect.
- FEMA must finish a rulemaking within 3 years to set the conditions for when the federal cost share can be increased.
- FEMA must update its policy so states, local governments, and Tribal governments may be reimbursed for predeploying domestic assets, such as equipment and personnel, for fire response.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 133 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 133
To modify the fire management assistance cost share, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Sheehy) 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 modify the fire management assistance cost share, 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 ``Fire Suppression and Response
Funding Assurance Act''.
SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE.
(a) In General.--Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) 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 amendments made by subsection (a) shall
only apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 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).
SEC. 4. POLICY UPDATE.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
update the policy for grants made under section 420 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187),
consistent with assistance provided under a major disaster and
emergency declaration under that Act, to provide that predeployment of
domestic assets by States, local, and Tribal governments may be
eligible for reimbursement under such section 420.
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