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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-750
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
FIRE DEPARTMENT REPAYMENT ACT OF 2023
NOVEMBER 18, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3396]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3396) to require the standardization of reciprocal fire
suppression cost share agreements, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN FIRE SUPPRESSION COST SHARE AGREE-
MENTS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.-Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretaries shall-
(1) establish standard operating procedures relating to payment timelines for
fire suppression cost share agreements established under the Act of May 27,
1955 (42 U.S.C. 1856a) (commonly known as the Reciprocal Fire Protection
Act); and
(2) with respect to each fire suppression cost share agreement in operation
on such date-
(A) review each such agreement; and
(B) modify each agreement as necessary to comply with the standard op-
erating procedures required under paragraph (1).
(b) ALIGNMENT OF FIRE SUPPRESSION COST SHARE AGREEMENTS WITH COOPERA-
TIVE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS.-The standard operating procedures required
under subsection (a)(1) shall include a requirement that each fire suppression cost
share agreement be aligned with each of the cooperative fire protection agreements
applicable to the entity subject to such fire suppression cost share agreement.
(c) PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO COST SHARE AGREEMENTS.-With respect to payments
made pursuant to fire suppression cost share agreements, the standard operating
procedures required under subsection (a)(1) shall require that the Federal paying
entity reimburse a local fire department if such fire department submits an invoice
in accordance with cost settlement procedures.
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