H.R. 7077: Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

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H.R. 7077: Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-15 · Emergency Management · Latest: Became Public Law No: 117-246.

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Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act

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Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act This act authorizes the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to conduct on-site fire safety investigations of major fires and other fires under other specified circumstances. In the case of a major fire, the USFA may send incident investigators (e.g., safety specialists, fire protection engineers, codes and standards experts, researchers, and fire training specialists) to the site. Any such investigation shall (1) be conducted in coordination and cooperation with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities; and (2) examine the previously determined cause and origin of the fire and assess broader systematic matters. Upon concluding any such investigation, the USFA must issue a public report to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities on the findings of such investigation or collaborate with another investigating federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial agency on that agency's report. The act makes an exception where issuing a report would have a negative impact on a potential or ongoing criminal investigation. Additionally, the USFA may send fire investigators to conduct fire safety investigations at the site of any fire with unusual or remarkable context that results in losses less severe than those occurring as a result of a major fire, in coordination and cooperation with the appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities.

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Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · 34 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act (2022-10-06)

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Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] reported raising $7.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 153 (2022): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR7077 (2022-05-11): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr7077.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7077 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117