H.R. 5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act

Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 29 Jul 2022. Introduced 27 Aug 2021.

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 29 Jul 2022: Passed, 218 Yea, 199 Nay, 0 Present, 14 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (218): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13).

Nay (199): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2).

Not voting (14): Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Billy Long (R-MO-7); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18).

Not in office (18): Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).

Summary

Main subject: Establishes federal wildfire, drought and water-supply, disaster-assistance and environmental justice programs, along with Tribal water rights provisions, through measures that set pay, create programs and authorize appropriations. Division A, Division B, Division C, Division D

Its core areas: Federal wildland firefighter pay and Forest Service staffing; 10-year National Wildfire Plan and forest restoration; Western water supply, recycling, desalination and drought programs; Colorado River Indian Tribes and Hualapai Tribe water rights; Water data and evapotranspiration data programs; Disaster assistance, FEMA programs and Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire claims; National Disaster Safety Board; National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program; Environmental justice programs.

Unexpected Items: 54 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (25)

Division A, Sec. 221: Tribal and Alaska Native Biochar demonstration project: Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to require stewardship contracts or similar agreements with Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations for biochar demonstration projects, with at least 4 new projects each fiscal year.
Division A, Sec. 302: Investment of certain funds into interest bearing obligations: Amends the Act of June 20, 1958 so that monies covered into the Treasury under it, including from forfeitures, judgments and settlements, are invested in interest bearing obligations, with the interest appropriated and made available until expended.
Division A, Sec. 303: Study on crop losses: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the agricultural committees on 2022 agricultural losses, spending under relief programs, and crop insurance purchases by producers after prior assistance.
Division B, Sec. 111: Extension of authorizations related to fish recovery programs: Amends Public Law 106–392 by changing the year 2023 to 2024, raising one amount from $179,000,000 to $184,000,000 and lowering another from $30,000,000 to $25,000,000. The section heading refers to fish recovery programs.
Sec. 233: Waterbird habitat creation program: Directs the Secretary to create a program of incentives for farmers to keep fields flooded for waterbird habitat, capped at $3,500,000 annually, and authorizes $3,500,000 for each fiscal year through 2027. ($3,500,000)
Sec. 236: Reauthorization of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000: Changes the authorization in the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 from "$15 million through 2021" to "$25,000,000 through 2028". ($25,000,000)
Sec. 702: Amendments to the Act of July 27, 1953: Amends the Act of July 27, 1953 to limit the equitable portion of the Nogales sanitation project to costs of treating and conveying the city's wastewater, and, to the extent practicable, to exclude costs tied to wastewater originating in Mexico.
Sec. 703: Nogales sanitation project: Transfers the International Outfall Interceptor at Nogales, Arizona to the International Boundary and Water Commission's U.S. Section, and authorizes $4,400,000 for fiscal year 2023 for operations, $11,900,000 for fiscal year 2023 for a debris screen, and further annual amounts. It also makes the Federal Tort Claims Act inapplicable to related claims.
Division C, Sec. 101: Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map: Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a map of critical electric grid infrastructure in each State that is vulnerable to natural disasters, and to issue annual reports on that vulnerability.
Division C, Sec. 102: Interregional minimum transfer capability requirements: Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a final rule within 18 months of enactment setting minimum transfer capability requirements between transmission planning regions.
Division C, Sec. 107: Grid resilience study: Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy to jointly study whether to set a reliability standard for thermoelectric power plants during droughts, and report to committees.
Division C, Sec. 108: Nonnative plant species removal grant program: Creates a Secretary of Agriculture competitive grant program to remove nonnative plant species from riparian areas and replace them with native species, and authorizes $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each year after. Eligible entities must include a flood control district. ($10,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 109: Centers of excellence for research on wildfire smoke: Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to set up 4 research centers at institutions of higher education on wildfire smoke and its health effects, and authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($10,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 110: Community smoke planning: Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to set up a competitive grant program for community plans to mitigate wildland fire smoke, and authorizes $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($50,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 113: Fire investigations: Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to let the Administrator send investigators to the site of a major fire and issue a public report with recommendations.
Division C, Sec. 114: Critical infrastructure and microgrid program: Directs the Secretary of Energy to set up a grant program for microgrids and energy resilience at critical facilities, and authorizes $100,000,000 to remain available until expended. ($100,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 115: Advanced transmission technology study: Directs the Secretary of Energy to study whether advanced transmission technologies can reduce electric grid vulnerability to natural disasters and extreme weather, and report to committees.
Division C, Sec. 116: Rural Communities Drinking Water Resiliency: Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to add a new well construction grant program for rural drinking water at 100 percent of project costs, authorizes $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, and repeals the program after 5 years. ($50,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 503: GAO study regarding insurance for wildfire damage: Directs the Comptroller General to study homeowners and commercial property insurance coverage for wildfire damage, including rates, nonrenewals and State regulatory responses, and to report to Congress within 2 years.
Division D, Sec. 114: Prohibited discrimination: Amends section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish discrimination based on disparate impact under that title and sets the burdens of proof for entities subject to it.
Division D, Sec. 115: Right of action: Amends section 602 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to let any aggrieved person sue in federal district court for failure to comply with that title, applying to pending actions as well.
Division D, Sec. 116: Rights of recovery: Adds a new section 602A to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowing aggrieved persons to recover damages, attorney's fees and costs in intentional and disparate impact discrimination actions.
Division A, Sec. 301: Requirements relating to certain fire suppression cost share agreements: Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security and Defense to set standard operating procedures for fire suppression cost share agreements and to review and modify existing agreements to comply.
Division B, Sec. 109: Water Resources Research Act amendments: Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to raise authorizations to $14,000,000 and $4,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2032 and sets an 80/20 split with congressionally delineated sums capped at 20 percent.
Division C, Sec. 402: Resilience accelerator demonstration program: Directs the Secretary of Energy to run a demonstration program making awards for technologies that improve electric grid resilience with respect to wildfires, and authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. ($10,000,000)

Applies only to a specific place or group (1)

Sec. 821: Reauthorization of Pueblo irrigation infrastructure grants: Replaces the $6,000,000 authorization for Pueblo irrigation infrastructure grants in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 with such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2032. ($6,000,000)

Funds a specific named project or event (11)

Division A, Sec. 204: Youth and conservation corps assistance with projects under the Plan: Directs the Secretaries to enter cooperative agreements for Plan projects with youth or conservation corps or with nonprofit organizations, including three named organizations, and to waive matching funds requirements.
Division A, Sec. 206: Ecosystem restoration grant fund through National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Directs a cooperative agreement to set up the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, authorizes $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032, and sets aside not less than $10,000,000 of annual amounts for Indian Tribes. ($100,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 102: Salton Sea projects improvements: Adds authority for the Bureau of Reclamation to fund and carry out projects in the area of the Salton Sea in Southern California, and raises the authorization from $13,000,000 to $250,000,000. ($250,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 103: Near-term actions to preserve Colorado River system: Authorizes $500,000,000 for fiscal years 2023 through 2026 for actions to reduce the near-term likelihood of Lake Mead and Lake Powell declining to critically low water elevations. ($500,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 106: Bureau of Reclamation Tribal clean water assistance: Authorizes $1,000,000,000 for a competitive grant program for Indian Tribes' clean water projects and $90,000,000 for the Bureau of Reclamation's Native American Affairs Technical Assistance Program. ($90,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 107: White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System: Amends the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010, raising an authorization from $11,000,000 to $541,000,000, and changes completion, enforceability-date and cost-indexing terms for the tribe's rural water system. ($541,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 110: Saline Lake ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program: Creates a monitoring program for a list of 19 named saline lake ecosystems, gives priority to 8 named lakes, and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. ($5,000,000)
Division B, Sec. 113: Authorization of appropriations for the Las Vegas Wash program: Raises the authorization of appropriations for the Las Vegas Wash program in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 from $30,000,000 to $55,000,000. ($55,000,000)
Sec. 234: Support for refuge water deliveries: Requires a report on refuge water deliveries, a construction priority list for named wildlife areas, and a monitoring program for Central Valley refuges, and authorizes $25,000,000 to carry out these activities. ($25,000,000)
Sec. 506: Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account; construction of Hualapai water project; funding: Creates the Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account and directs its amounts to the Hualapai Tribe to plan, design and construct the Hualapai Water Project, to divert, treat and convey up to 3,414 AFY from the Colorado River, among other uses.
Sec. 507: Authorizations of appropriations: Authorizes $180,000,000 for deposit in the Hualapai Water Trust Fund Account and $5,000,000 for the Hualapai Water Settlement Implementation Fund Account, both adjustable for cost fluctuations, and bars use of the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund for these amounts until 2034.

Different amount for specific places or groups (4)

Division A, Sec. 203: Selection and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects: Sets the minimum landscape assessment size for restoration projects at 100,000 acres, with a lower 50,000-acre minimum for projects east of the 100th meridian and a separate 80,000-acre exception for certain projects.
Division A, Sec. 207: National community capacity and land stewardship grant program: Creates a grant program capped at $50,000 per year per grant, open only to entities in or representing disadvantaged communities, and sets aside not less than 10 percent of funding for Indian Tribes or entities representing them.
Division B, Sec. 212: Desalination project development: Defines a 'designated desalination project' (ocean, subsurface intake, total estimated cost of $80,000,000 or less, serving communities importing over 75 percent of water) and sets its federal construction share at the greater of 35 percent up to $20,000,000 or 25 percent. Also authorizes $260,000,000. ($20,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 104: Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance: Sets up a claims process to compensate injured persons for the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire. It waives state and local matching funds and sets the Federal share at 100 percent for projects and assistance tied to that fire.

Exception or delay for a subset (13)

Division A, Sec. 103: Direct hire authority: Lets the Secretary of Agriculture appoint graduates of a Civilian Conservation Center directly to Forest Service positions without the usual competitive hiring rules, capped at 10 in fiscal year 2023 rising to 50 per year from fiscal year 2026.
Division A, Sec. 208: Protection of inventoried roadless areas: Bars road construction and timber cutting, sale or removal on lands under the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, except as provided in listed regulations, including versions applying specifically to Idaho and Colorado.
Division B, Sec. 104: WaterSMART access for Tribes: Lets the Secretary reduce or waive the non-Federal cost share of WaterSMART grants or agreements with an Indian tribe if the share would be a financial hardship for the tribe.
Sec. 404: Lease or exchange agreements: Authorizes the Colorado River Indian Tribes to lease or exchange part of their water use off the Reservation for up to 100 years, limited to the Arizona Lower Basin and excluding Navajo, Apache, and Cochise counties.
Sec. 405: Storage agreements: Authorizes storage agreements for the Tribes' water at off-Reservation facilities, limited to the Arizona Lower Basin and excluding facilities in Navajo, Apache, and Cochise counties.
Sec. 406: Agreements for creation of water for the Colorado River System or for Storing Water in Lake Mead: Authorizes agreements for conserved water of up to 100 years, with any delivery limited to the Arizona Lower Basin and excluded from Navajo, Apache, and Cochise counties.
Sec. 415: Application: Limits the title to the part of the decreed allocation available for use in the State, and bars its use outside the Lower Basin in the State or in three named counties.
Sec. 509: Waivers, releases, and retentions of claims: Authorizes the United States, acting for the Department of the Interior, to waive and release all its claims against Freeport for past and future water-rights injury tied to the Bill Williams River phase 2 agreement, effective on that agreement's enforceability date.
Sec. 513: Reallocation of CAP NIA Priority Water; Firming; Water Delivery Contract; Colorado River Accounting: Provides that the Hualapai Tribe owes no property tax or in-lieu property tax equivalency for delivery or storage of CAP water, and that CAP construction costs and capital charges allocable to the Tribe are nonreimbursable or not payable.
Division C, Sec. 601: Extreme weather events: Amends the Stafford Act so that State and local governments that have adopted the latest two editions of consensus-based codes may use assistance under section 408 in a manner consistent with section 406(e)(1)(A) standards.
Division B, Sec. 211: Water recycling and reuse projects: Sets funding priority criteria for water recycling projects, raises a project cost limit, and authorizes appropriations. It also provides that section 1602(g)(2) of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act does not apply to amounts made available under this section.
Sec. 515: Administration: Provides that the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 and other acreage limitation or full-cost pricing provisions of Federal law do not apply to a person, entity, or tract of land solely because of benefits, performance, or CAP water use under this title.
Division C, Sec. 202: General authority: Provides that Board review proceedings are not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act or the Paperwork Reduction Act, and that the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to the Board.

What it does

Division A, Sec. 101: Requires that, within 1 year of enactment, the minimum basic pay for any Federal wildland firefighter position be not less than step 3 of GS–6 of the General Schedule, with locality pay at the 'Rest of U.S.' rate.
Division A, Sec. 202: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, to implement a 10-year National Wildfire Plan, and authorizes $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032 for hazardous fuels and prescribed fire activities.
Division A, Sec. 206: Requires a cooperative agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund, and authorizes $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032.
Division B, Sec. 106: Directs the Secretary of the Interior to set up a competitive grant program for Tribal clean water projects in Reclamation States, and authorizes $1,000,000,000 for it.
Division B, Sec. 304: Establishes the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, under which the Secretary of the Interior provides satellite-based evapotranspiration data to quantify evaporation and consumptive water use.
Sec. 404: Authorizes the Colorado River Indian Tribes, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, to lease or exchange a portion of their consumptive use for use off the Reservation in the Lower Basin in Arizona, for terms of up to 100 years.
Sec. 504: Authorizes, ratifies and confirms the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement, to the extent it does not conflict with the title, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to execute it.
Division C, Sec. 104: Establishes an Office of Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims within the Federal Emergency Management Agency to receive, process and pay claims for injuries from the fire.
Division C, Sec. 201: Establishes the National Disaster Safety Board as an independent establishment in the executive branch to learn from natural hazard incidents and reduce loss of life, injury and economic injury.
Division D, Sec. 106: Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a basic training program to increase the capacity of residents of environmental justice communities to identify and address disproportionately adverse human health or environmental effects.

Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.