Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Jan 16, 2025
What it does
The Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that the federal government covers at least 75% of eligible costs for fire management assistance, increasing the current federal cost share. It applies only to funds appropriated on or after the date of enactment and requires FEMA to update its policies to allow reimbursement for predeployment of domestic assets by state, local, and Tribal governments. Additionally, the bill mandates that the President, through FEMA’s Administrator, complete a rulemaking within three years to establish criteria for potentially increasing the federal cost share…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.