Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
Latest action · Dec 20, 2022 Became Public Law No: 117-246.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 14, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2022
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2022
- Became lawDec 20, 2022Public Law 117-246
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 153 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed379–37 | May 11, 2022 |
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2022 to Apr 14, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Original | Mar 15, 2022 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Mar 15, 2022 |
| R-MI | Peter Meijer | Original | Mar 15, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 30, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Apr 14, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2022Markup Apr 5, 2022Reported May 6, 2022 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 12, 2022Markup Aug 3, 2022Reported Nov 14, 2022 |
Actions 28
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 20, 2022Signed by President.
- Dec 20, 2022Became Public Law No: 117-246.
- Dec 16, 2022Presented to President.
- Dec 14, 2022Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1518, proceedings on H.R. 7077 are considered vacated.
- Dec 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1518, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1082, as amended; H.R. 5349; H.R. 6218; H.R. 6220; H.R. 6221; H.R. 6611, as amended; H.R. 6630; H.R. 6725; H.R. 7077, agreed to Senate amendment; H.R. 7832; H.R. 8665; S. 558; and S. 789. S. 558; and S. 789. (consideration: CR H9803, H9809-9810; text: CR H9803-9809)
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9803Amendments H9809 | Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Dec 14, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H9652, H9653Amendments H9652 | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA, Stephanie I. Bice R-OK | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7003Amendments S7002, S7003 | Gary C. Peters D-MI (amendment), Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH | Dec 6, 2022 |
| House | Recorded votes H4833enactLists H4834Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act | — | May 11, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4733–H4736Text printed H4733 | Haley M. Stevens D-MI, Peter Meijer R-MI, Ritchie Torres D-NY, Stephanie I. Bice R-OK | May 10, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 6, 2022H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 3, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 46, March 15, 2022, page H3744.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48283 | Reauthorization of the U.S. Fire Administration and of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Programs | Report | Nov 25, 2024 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 6505 | In the nature of a substitute. | Gary C. Peters D-MI | Amendment SA 6505 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 10
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the United States Fire Administration to conduct on-site investigations of major fires, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate bill text
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 7
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 6, 2022Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Nov 14, 2022Reported to Senate
- May 12, 2022Referred in Senate
- May 11, 2022Engrossed in House
- May 6, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 15, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
