Wildland Fire Prevention and Disaster Relief Legislation, and Others

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
342 Dirksen

07/14/2021 at 09:15AM

Business meeting to consider:

  • Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021 (S.2150), to prevent catastrophic wildland fires by establishing a commission to study and recommend wildland fire prevention, mitigation, suppression, management, and rehabilitation policies for the Federal Government
  • Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act (S.2293), to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act (H.R.539), to amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive certain debts owed to the United States related to covered assistance provided to an individual or household

and other legislation.