Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 18, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMay 17, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 17, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
This bill requires standard operating procedures for reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements.
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.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2023 to Jul 25, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | May 17, 2023 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | May 17, 2023 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | May 17, 2023 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jun 6, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Jun 9, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jun 15, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 15, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 22, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 18, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Sep 8, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Dec 15, 2023 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Feb 26, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Apr 2, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 25, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 25, 2024 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 17, 2023Discharged Dec 6, 2023Reported Nov 18, 2024 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2023Hearings May 23, 2023Discharged Dec 6, 2023 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 17, 2023 Nov 18, 2024 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2023 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 17, 2023 Nov 18, 2024 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 17, 2023 Nov 18, 2024 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2024 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Dec 17, 2024Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 17, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7288-7290)
- Dec 17, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3396.
- Dec 17, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7288-7289)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H7288–H7290Text printed H7288 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Jared Huffman D-CA, Josh Harder D-CA | Dec 17, 2024 |
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 report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 22, 2024H.R. 3396, Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 83, May 17, 2023, page H2427.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-30 | H.R. 188; H.R. 934; H.R. 1450; H.R. 1726; H.R. 3389; H.R. 3396; H.R. 3499; H.R. 3522; AND H.R.____, ‘‘FOREST SERVICE FLEXIBLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS ACT OF 2023’’72 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 23, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2520 | Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2023 |
| HR 8035 | Fire Department Repayment Act of 2022 | Reintroduction of | Jun 30, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2024Referred in Senate
- Dec 17, 2024Engrossed in House
- May 17, 2023Introduced 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.
