{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-6387","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 6387","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"FIRE Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"FIRE Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"FIRE Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"FIRE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"FIRE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"FIRE Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-12-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-22","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h136","question":"On Passage","title":"FIRE Act","result":"Passed","yea":220,"nay":198,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll136.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","date":"2026-04-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2026-04-22","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"FIRE Act","result":"Failed","yea":206,"nay":214,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll135.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-04-09","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act or the FIRE Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies the definition of exceptional events under the Clean Air Act and requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its regulations regarding exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk."},{"k":"p","t":"Generally, the EPA must exclude data from use in determinations of exceedances and violations of national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) if a state demonstrates that an exceptional event caused a specific air pollution concentration."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill provides that events caused by human activity that are intended to mirror the occurrence or reoccurrence of a natural event are exceptional events. Additionally, the bill no longer excludes from consideration as an exceptional event (1) meteorological events involving high temperatures or a lack of precipitation, or (2) stagnation of air masses that does not ordinarily occur."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires the EPA to revise regulations regarding the reviewing and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by actions to mitigate wildfire risk."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires the EPA to conduct regional modeling and analysis when multiple states submit petitions regarding the same exceptional event or action to mitigate wildfire risk."}],"words":191},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 319(b) of the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of exceptional events and to extend the handling of air quality monitoring data to actions to mitigate wildfire risk.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of exceptional events under the Clean Air Act","Treatment of air quality monitoring data affected by actions to mitigate wildfire risk","Governor petitions to exclude air quality monitoring data","Regional analysis and public tracking of petitions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Defines an action to mitigate wildfire risk as a prescribed fire or similar measure, undertaken in accordance with State approved practices, to reduce the risk and severity of wildfires.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}},{"text":"Defines an exceptional event to include an event that is a natural event, is caused by human activity intended to mirror the occurrence or reoccurrence of a natural event, or is caused by human activity unlikely to recur.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}},{"text":"Provides that the term exceptional event does not include ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses, meteorological inversions, or air pollution relating to source noncompliance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator to conduct regional modeling and analysis sufficient to satisfy the petition demonstration when more than one State notifies the Administrator of intent to petition for the same air quality event, or when the Administrator determines a multistate event occurred.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}},{"text":"Requires the Administrator, within 12 months after enactment, to establish a public website on the status of all petitions for exceptional events and actions to mitigate wildfire risk, and to update it monthly.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}},{"text":"Requires criteria and procedures for a State Governor to petition the Administrator to exclude air quality monitoring data directly due to exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk from determinations such as exceedances, violations, designations and attainment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh#H89C6D8D8427147D882AA158A7BBC16C6"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6387/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-6387.png","v":"56b272319aa7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6387, 119th Congress: FIRE Act. House: 220 Yea, 198 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Apr 2026."}}