119-s133

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 133 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 133

 To modify the fire management assistance cost share, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 16, 2025

Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

 To modify the fire management assistance cost share, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Suppression and Response 
Funding Assurance Act''.

SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE.

    (a) In General.--

Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsection

    (e) as subsection

    (f) ; and

    (2) by inserting after subsection
            (d) the following:
 ``

    (e) Federal Share.--The Federal share of assistance under this 
section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such 
assistance.''.

    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
only apply to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 3. RULEMAKING.

 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, shall conduct and complete a rulemaking to provide 
criteria for the circumstances under which the Administrator may 
recommend the President increase the Federal cost share for 

section 420 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5187).

SEC. 4. POLICY UPDATE.

 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
update the policy for grants made under 

section 420 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), 
consistent with assistance provided under a major disaster and 
emergency declaration under that Act, to provide that predeployment of 
domestic assets by States, local, and Tribal governments may be 
eligible for reimbursement under such 

section 420.
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