H.R. 480: Wildfire Recovery Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-24 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Wildfire Recovery Act

Plain summary

Wildfire Recovery Act This bill makes changes with respect to the federal cost share for Fire Management Assistance Grants and provides that the federal share shall be not less than 75% of the eligible cost. Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which FEMA may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share. Such criteria shall include a threshold metric that assesses the financial impact to a state or local government from responding to a fire for which fire management assistance is being provided.

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Official text

Wildfire Recovery Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] · 33 cosponsors

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John R. Curtis (R-UT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Garamendi (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Harder (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Steven Horsford (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] reported raising $3.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr480.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr480 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118