Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

Summary

Hermit's Peak Fire Assistance Act This bill provides for monetary compensation to the victims of the prescribed fire burn in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico that became a wildfire known as the Hermit's Peak Fire or the Hermit's Peak Fire/Calf Canyon Fire. Each victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire shall be entitled to receive monetary compensation from the United States, including for personal injury, loss of property, business loss, or financial loss. An Office of Hermit's Peak Fire Claims is established within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive, process, and pay claims to victims of the fire. FEMA or the independent claims manager (which FEMA may appoint) shall, on behalf of the United States, investigate, consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, grant, deny, or settle any claim for money damages asserted by a victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire. Any claimant aggrieved by a final decision of FEMA concerning compensation may, not later than 60 days after the date on which the decision is issued, bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to modify or set aside the decision.

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Timeline

1. 11 May 2022

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 May 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 11 May 2022 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 May 2022

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Ben Luján · D · Sponsor
• Martin Heinrich · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
• related to → Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
• related to ← Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act