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119th Congress

H.R. 345

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Josh Harder(D-CA)
Introduced
Jan 13, 2025
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Committees
House Committee on Agriculture; House Committee on Armed Services; House Committee on Natural Resources; House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Official text
Introduced in House · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (10)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (9)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025 This bill requires standard operating procedures for reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements, which are agreements between federal, state, and local governments to share the costs of suppressing wildfires that occur across multiple jurisdictions. The Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, and Defense must establish standard operating procedures relating to payment timelines for fire suppression cost share agreements established under the Reciprocal Fire Protection Act. The departments must also review each agreement that is in operation within a year of this bill's enactment and modify an agreement as necessary to comply with the standard operating procedures. The standard operating procedures must require that (1) each fire suppression cost share agreement be aligned with each of the cooperative fire protection agreements applicable to the entity subject to such fire suppression cost share agreement, and (2) the federal paying entity reimburse a local fire department if the fire department submits an invoice in accordance with cost settlement procedures.

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