Wildfire Recovery Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5652 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5652 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 30, 2025 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Costa, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Leger Fernandez, and Mr. Harder of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, 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 ``Wildfire Recovery Act''. SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. (a) In General.--Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 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 amendment 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 comp