H.R. 345

119th Congress

Introduced

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025

Sponsored byDemocrat:Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CA· Introduced 13 January 2025
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Cosponsors

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Actions

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Amendments

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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

23 July 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 29 May 2025

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.

Timeline

9 actions

  1. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

    23 July 2025 · Committee

  2. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

    23 July 2025 · Committee

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

    14 February 2025 · Committee

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

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

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

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

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

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

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

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  8. Introduced in House

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

  9. Introduced in House

    13 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

9 cosponsors

Sponsor

Democrat:Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CA

Cosponsors

  • Democrat556%
  • Republican444%

Classification

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Legislative subjects

FiresFirst responders and emergency personnelState and local government operations

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 1 on 13 January 2025 to 9 on 17 November 2025.

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