117th Congress > House > Vote 858

Date: July 29, 2022

Result: 223-203 (Agreed to)

Clerk session vote number: 411

Sponsor: NEGUSE, Joseph (D-CO)

Bill number: HR5118

Question: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Description: Schrier of Washington Part C Amendment No. 2

Bill summary:

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 a basic training program to increase the capacity of environmental justice communities to address disproportionately adverse human health or environmental effects in their communities.


Bill titles: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.; To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

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