Post-Wildfire Environmental Emergency Assistance Act

This bill changes federal disaster law so that fire management assistance grants can be used for fire remediation, in addition to fire mitigation, management, and control. It allows the President to provide assistance to clear debris and wreckage from public and private lands and waters after a qualifying fire, whether or not a major disaster has been declared. When the debris involves hazardous waste or hazardous substances, the President may direct the Environmental Protection Agency to provide personnel, equipment, and other resources to help state or local governments remove it, with or without reimbursement.

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Sponsors

• Jeff Merkley Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors