H.R. 5118
IntroducedWildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
Latest Action
Received in the Senate.
8/2/2022 • Senate
Summary
Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
This bill provides for measures to mitigate wildfires, drought, and other natural and human disasters.
Among the bill's other provisions, it
- sets a minimum rate of pay for federal wildland firefighters and provides parity in pay, benefits, and bonuses for federal structural firefighters;
- requires implementation of a 10-year National Wildfire Plan;
- establishes the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program;
- requires a plan to sustain the survival of critically important fisheries within certain states during periods of extended drought;
- establishes the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program for the delivery of satellite-based evapotranspiration data to certain data users;
- authorizes the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into agreements for conserved water under specified conditions;
- authorizes, ratifies, and confirms, the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement;
- adds specified land to the Hualapai Reservation;
- establishes a Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure in each state that is vulnerable to natural disasters;
- establishes a grant program to award grants to remove nonnative plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions;
- establishes four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke to carry out research on the effects on public health of smoke emissions from wildland fires;
- establishes a National Disaster Safety Board;
- establishes a National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program;
- establishes a basic training program to increase the capacity of environmental justice communities to address disproportionately adverse human health or environmental effects in their communities.
Passed House • 7/29/2022
Topics & Subjects
CBO Cost Estimates (2)
H.R. 5118, Continental Divide Trail Completion Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 19, 2022
Published: July 14, 2022
CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
As Posted by the House Committee on Rules on July 22, 2022
Published: July 28, 2022
Amendments (3)
This bill has 3 amendments proposed or adopted.
View all amendments on Congress.govCongressional Votes (2)
On Passage
July 29, 2022
On Motion to Recommit
July 29, 2022
Related Federal Spending
Sponsor & Cosponsors (4)
Party Breakdown
Sponsor
Cosponsors (3)
Bill Journey
Originated in the House
Introduced
August 27, 2021
Committee Review
November 9, 2021
Floor Debate
July 29, 2022
Passed Chamber
July 29, 2022
Other Chamber
August 2, 2022
President
Failed
July 29, 2022
Text Versions (4)
Committee Reports (1)
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