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HR 8945 116th Congress House Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disaster relief and insurance Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fires Forests, forestry, trees Natural disasters State and local finance State and local government operations

Wildfire Recovery Act

Introduced: December 10, 2020 Introduced by: Neguse, Joe Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Dec 11, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Dec 10, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Dec 10, 2020
Introduced in House
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Wildfire Recovery Act

This bill provides that the federal cost share for fire management assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act shall not be less than 75% of the cost of such assistance.

The bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop guidelines and a rule that establish thresholds for cases in which the federal cost share for fire management assistance may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire-specific metric to determine fire damage and recommend a federal cost share adjustment for fire damage that meets the established thresholds.

What's happening now December 11, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8945: Wildfire Recovery Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8945/
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"H.R. 8945: Wildfire Recovery Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8945/.
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H.R. 8945, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8945/.
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[H.R. 8945: Wildfire Recovery Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8945/)
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