Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act

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Introduced 2025-11-07Topic: environment · budget

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

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.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-12-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.	refer
2025-11-07	House	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.	refer
2025-11-07	House	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.	refer
2025-11-07		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-11-07		Introduced in House	introduce

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