117th Congress (2021–2023) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
This page covers HR5118 in the 117th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HR5118 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 2 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2022-07-29: Passed |
| Latest action | 2022-08-02: Received in the Senate. |
| Policy area | Public Lands and Natural Resources |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act This bill provides for measures to mitigate wildfires, drought, and other natural and human disasters. Among the bill's other provisions, it sets a minimum rate of pay for federal wildland firefighters and provides parity in pay, benefits, and bonuses for federal structural firefighters; requires implementation of a 10-year National Wildfire Plan; establishes the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Assessment and Monitoring Program; requires a plan to sustain the survival of critically important fisheries within certain states during periods of extended drought; establishes the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program for the delivery of satellite-based evapotranspiration data to certain data users; authorizes the Colorado River Indian Tribes to enter into agreements for conserved water under specified conditions; authorizes, ratifies, and confirms, the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement; adds specified land to the Hualapai Reservation; establishes a Natural Disaster Grid Mitigation Map that identifies critical electric grid infrastructure in each state that is vulnerable to natural disasters; establishes a grant program to award grants to remove nonnative plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions; establishes four Centers of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke to carry out research on the effects on public health of smoke emissions from wildland fires; establishes a National Disaster Safety Board; establishes a National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program; establishes…
Subjects: Colorado, Congressional oversight, Forests, forestry, trees, Idaho, Land transfers, Land use and conservation, Montana, New Mexico, Parks, recreation areas, trails, Wyoming
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-29 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 150 | 143 | 4 | Official tally |
| 2022-07-29 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Failed | 146 | 148 | 2 | Official tally |
HR5118 (Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act) was introduced in the 117th Congress (2021–2023) by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2].
On 2022-08-02: Received in the Senate.
2 recorded votes in the 117th Congress. The most recent, on 2022-07-29, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.