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HR 345 119th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Fires First responders and emergency personnel State and local government operations

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025

Introduced: February 4, 2025 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 23, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 23, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Feb 14, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Jan 13, 2025
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.
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025

This bill requires standard operating procedures for reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements, which are agreements between federal, state, and local governments to share the costs of suppressing wildfires that occur across multiple jurisdictions. 

The Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, and Defense must establish standard operating procedures relating to payment timelines for fire suppression cost share agreements established under the Reciprocal Fire Protection Act. The departments must also review each agreement that is in operation within a year of this bill's enactment and modify an agreement as necessary to comply with the standard operating procedures.

The standard operating procedures must require that (1) 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, and (2) the federal paying entity reimburse a local fire department if the fire department submits an invoice in accordance with cost settlement procedures.

What's happening now July 23, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

 Hearings & markups 1
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1834 Related bill Breaking the Gridlock Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Lobbying activity 12

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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 4
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Chu, Judy
California · Nov 17, 2025
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 18, 2025
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Feb 5, 2025
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Mullin, Kevin
California · Feb 5, 2025
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Edwards, Chuck
North Carolina · Feb 4, 2025
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Sykes, Emilia Strong
Ohio · Feb 4, 2025
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Costa, Jim
California · Jan 22, 2025
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Kim, Young
California · Jan 22, 2025
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LaMalfa, Doug
California · Jan 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 345: Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-345/
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"H.R. 345: Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-345/.
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H.R. 345, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-345/.
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[H.R. 345: Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-345/)
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