HR5963Referred to Committee
Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-11-07
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democrat · NM · Representative
Votes with party: 98.4% (500 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (0)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
Latest Action
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-11-07
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-11-07
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-11-07
Previously
- Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2025-11-07
- Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2025-11-07
Plain-English Summary
Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to waive certain requirements for matching federal funds in fire recovery projects. Specifically, USDA may waive cost-sharing requirements for projects responding to fires resulting from management activities (e.g., controlled burns) conducted by USDA on National Forest System land.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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