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HR 7721 117th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources

Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

Introduced: June 15, 2022 Introduced by: Leger Fernandez, Teresa Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
May 12, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 11, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 11, 2022
Introduced in House
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Hermit's Peak Fire Assistance Act

This bill provides for monetary compensation to the victims of the prescribed fire burn in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico that became a wildfire known as the Hermit's Peak Fire or the Hermit's Peak Fire/Calf Canyon Fire.

Each victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire shall be entitled to receive monetary compensation from the United States, including for personal injury, loss of property, business loss, or financial loss.

An Office of Hermit's Peak Fire Claims is established within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive, process, and pay claims to victims of the fire.

FEMA or the independent claims manager (which FEMA may appoint) shall, on behalf of the United States, investigate, consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, grant, deny, or settle any claim for money damages asserted by a victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire.

Any claimant aggrieved by a final decision of FEMA concerning compensation may, not later than 60 days after the date on which the decision is issued, bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to modify or set aside the decision.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
Herrell, Yvette
· Jun 15, 2022
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 15, 2022
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 12, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · May 11, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7721: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7721/
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"H.R. 7721: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7721/.
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H.R. 7721, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7721/.
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