{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1066","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1066","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-15","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-13","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h423","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Wildfire Recovery Act","result":"Passed","yea":328,"nay":88,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll423.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-09-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Wildfire Recovery Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes changes with respect to the federal cost share for Fire Management Assistance Grants and provides that the federal share shall be not less than 75% of the eligible cost."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which FEMA may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share. 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."}],"words":101},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets the federal share of fire management assistance under section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act at not less than 75 percent of eligible cost and directs a rulemaking on criteria for increasing that share.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H06317A531198499286E913F886FCB168"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H542D4F220FA948ABAEF5507D5F7CB982"}]},"core_areas":["Federal cost share for fire management assistance under the Stafford Act","Rulemaking by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on cost share increases"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to add a subsection providing that the Federal share of assistance under that section is not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H06317A531198499286E913F886FCB168"}},{"text":"Redesignates existing subsection (e) of section 420 of the Stafford Act as subsection (f) to make room for the new Federal share subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H06317A531198499286E913F886FCB168"}},{"text":"Provides that the Federal share amendment applies only to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H06317A531198499286E913F886FCB168"}},{"text":"Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to complete a rulemaking within 3 years of enactment setting criteria for when the Administrator may recommend that the President increase the Federal cost share.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H542D4F220FA948ABAEF5507D5F7CB982"}},{"text":"Requires those criteria to include a threshold metric that assesses the financial impact on a State or local government from responding to a fire for which fire management assistance is being provided.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh#H542D4F220FA948ABAEF5507D5F7CB982"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1066/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1066.png","v":"d184e4594433","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1066, 117th Congress: Wildfire Recovery Act. House: 328 Yea, 88 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Sep 2022."}}