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HR 582 · in committee · significant

Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act

What this bill does

  • Establishes grants for state, local, tribal, and volunteer fire groups to develop wildfire resilience plans and implement risk reduction projects.
  • Affects communities at risk from wildfires, including homeowners through expanded eligibility for fire-resistant construction projects.
  • Requires USFA and GAO reports on wildfire risk mapping, radio communications, and federal program barriers; funding mechanism unspecified.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should the bill prioritize funding among state, local, tribal, and volunteer fire groups when wildfire risks and needs vary significantly by region?

  2. 02

    What specific barriers to federal wildfire programs does Congress need to address, and how would eliminating them improve outcomes beyond additional grant funding?

  3. 03

    Who should bear the costs of helping homeowners retrofit properties for fire resistance—federal grants, state budgets, or individual property owners?

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Sponsor · D-CA-2

Jared Huffman

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Introduced 2025-01-21

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

  2. 2025-01-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

  3. 2025-01-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

  4. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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