Mudslide Recovery Act

Mudslide Recovery Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a pilot program to make grants to eligible recipients to implement innovative solutions to repair damage caused by mudslides that occur after a wildland fire.

An eligible recipient is (1) a state, an Indian tribe, or a forestry agency of a state or tribe; (2) a local government; (3) a fire department; and (4) a nonprofit organization.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3275 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3275

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, to establish a pilot grant program to address damage 
    from mudslides that occur after a wildland fire, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2023

  Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, to establish a pilot grant program to address damage 
    from mudslides that occur after a wildland fire, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mudslide Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. MUDSLIDE RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall jointly 
establish a pilot grant program to make grants on a competitive basis 
to eligible recipients to implement innovative solutions to repair the 
damage caused by mudslides that occur after a wildland fire.
    (b) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, 
an eligible recipient shall submit to the Secretaries concerned an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretaries concerned jointly determine is 
appropriate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient'' 
        means--
                    (A) a State, an Indian Tribe, or a forestry agency 
                of a State or Indian Tribe;
                    (B) a local government;
                    (C) a fire department; and
                    (D) a non-profit organization, including a 
                homeowner association that assists communities located 
                in an area with a risk of wildland fires.
            (2) Secretaries concerned.--The term ``Secretaries 
        concerned'' means the Secretary of the Interior and the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
        United States.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2030.
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