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119-hr-5652119th CongressWALLET

Wildfire Recovery Act

Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

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Summary

Would set a 75% federal cost-share floor for Fire Management Assistance and expand what expenses States, local, and Tribal governments can claim. It would also require FEMA to write clear rules within 3 years for when the federal share can be raised and update grant policy to match major disaster and emergency practices.

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  • States, local, and Tribal governments would receive at least 75% of eligible costs for new Fire Management Assistance funded after enactment and could be reimbursed for predeployment of domestic assets.
  • FEMA would have 3 years to issue rules that create criteria and a threshold metric to decide when to recommend increasing the federal cost share.
  • FEMA must update its section 420 grant policy to align with major disaster and emergency declarations and explicitly allow predeployment cost reimbursement.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More federal money for wildfire response

If enacted, the federal government would pay at least 75% of eligible costs for FEMA Fire Management Assistance. This floor would apply only to money appropriated on or after the bill’s enactment date. FEMA would have to update its policy to match major disaster rules and to let States, localities, and Tribes get reimbursed for predeployment of domestic assets. The President, through FEMA, would need to finish a rule within 3 years to set criteria, including a financial‑impact threshold, for when FEMA may recommend a higher federal share.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

CO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 10/31/2025

  • Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 11/4/2025

  • Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 11/25/2025

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