H.R. 8035
Referred to CommitteeFire Department Repayment Act of 2022
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
6/30/2022 • House
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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.
Introduced in House • 6/13/2022
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June 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.
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