House Bill 8035
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Fire Department Repayment Act of 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 13, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
8035
Congress
117
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Fire Department Repayment Act of 2022
This bill requires standard operating procedures for reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements.
The Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, and Defense shall
- establish standard operating procedures relating to fire suppression cost share agreements established under the Reciprocal Fire Protection Act; and
- with respect to each agreement in operation on one year after enactment of this bill, review each agreement and modify it as necessary to comply with the standard operating procedures.
The standard operating procedures shall include a requirement that each fire suppression cost share agreement be aligned with each of the cooperative fire protection agreements applicable to the entity subject to such fire suppression cost share agreement.
The standard operating procedures shall also include
- a requirement that the departments, to the maximum extent practicable, complete reviews, including second-level reviews of a fire suppression cost share agreement, as soon as practicable after a wildfire related to the area covered by such cost share agreement is contained; and
- a requirement that in completing such reviews, the department concerned consults with state and local fire suppression organizations.
June 13, 2022
06/30/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
06/13/2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
06/13/2022
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jun 22, 2023 2:00:26 PM