All Roll Calls
Yes: 426 • No: 412
HR6387119th Congress
FIRE Act
Sponsored By: Representative Evans (CO)
Passed House
Summary
Expands what counts as an “exceptional event” to include certain wildfire risk mitigation actions. This bill would change how air monitoring spikes from wildfires and prescribed burns are treated, add regional analysis for multistate events, and require public tracking of exclusion petitions.
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- State governments and Governors: Would be able to petition the EPA to exclude monitoring data directly tied to exceptional events or to defined "actions to mitigate wildfire risk" from regulatory decisions. Exclusions can affect determinations tied to national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) such as area designations, attainment dates, and preconstruction permit demonstrations.
- EPA Administrator and regulators: Would have to run regional modeling when multiple states are involved and establish a public website within 12 months that is updated monthly to show the status of all petitions. The bill also sets an 18 month window after enactment for related regulatory revisions.
- Fire managers and communities in wildfire-prone areas: Creates a new definition for "action to mitigate wildfire risk" that explicitly includes prescribed fires done under state approved practices so those actions can be considered in petitions to exclude monitoring data.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
EPA air rules updated in 18 months
EPA would begin revising related air rules 18 months after enactment, replacing the old March 1, 2006 date. The updates would be able to cover exceptional‑event regulations and include wildfire‑risk mitigation actions. This would set a clear schedule for EPA, States, and regulated sources to follow.
Regional modeling for multistate smoke
If enacted, EPA would have to run regional modeling when more than one State plans to petition about the same air event. EPA would also do this if it finds a multistate air event. The analysis would need to meet the proof standard used for exceptional‑event and mitigation‑action petitions. This would support consistent decisions across affected States.
New rules on wildfire smoke data
This bill would change how EPA and States treat wildfire smoke and prescribed burns in air rules. It would define “actions to mitigate wildfire risk,” like prescribed fires done under State‑approved practices. It would refine what counts as an “exceptional event,” and would not allow routine air stagnation, weather inversions, or pollution from noncompliant sources to qualify. A Governor would be able to ask EPA to exclude monitoring data directly caused by an exceptional event or a mitigation action. The petition would need to show a clear causal link to specific monitor readings. Exclusions could affect NAAQS violations by areas or sources, area designations, attainment status and dates, State plan adequacy findings, and preconstruction permit demonstrations.
Public tracker for smoke petitions
The EPA Administrator would create a public website within 12 months of enactment. The site would list the status of all petitions on exceptional events and wildfire‑mitigation actions. EPA would update the site every month. This would make petition progress easier to follow.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Cosponsors
Gray
CA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
AZ • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]
CO • R
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 4/22/2026
On Passage
Yes: 220 • No: 198
house vote • 4/22/2026
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 206 • No: 214