Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
This bill authorizes the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to conduct on-site investigations of major fires and other fires under other specified circumstances.
In the case of a major fire, the USFA may send incident investigators (e.g., safety specialists, fire protection engineers, codes and standards experts, researchers, and fire training specialists) to the site. Any such investigation shall (1) be conducted in coordination with appropriate federal, state, and local authorities; and (2) examine the determined cause and origin of the fire and assess broader systematic matters.
Upon concluding any such investigation, the USFA must issue a public report to local, state, and federal authorities on the findings of such investigation or collaborate with another investigating federal agency on that agency's report.
Additionally, the USFA may send fire investigators to conduct investigations at the site of any fire with unusual or remarkable context that results in losses less severe than those occurring as a result of a major fire.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-20 | President | Became Public Law No: 117-246. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-12-20 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-12-16 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-14 | Floor | Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1518, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1082, as amended; H.R. 5349; H.R. 6218; H.R. 6220; H.R. 6221; H.R. 6611, as amended; H.R. 6630; H.R. 6725; H.R. 7077, agreed to Senate amendment; H.R. 7832; H.R. 8665; S. 558; and S. 789. S. 558; and S. 789. (consideration: CR H9803, H9809-9810; text: CR H9803-9809) | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-14 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1518, proceedings on H.R. 7077 are considered vacated. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-12 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-12 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 7077. | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-12 | ResolvingDifferences | Mr. Beyer moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. ((consideration: CR H9652-9653; text: CR H9652)) | House floor actions |
| 2022-12-07 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2022-12-06 | Floor | Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7003) | Senate |
| 2022-12-06 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7003) | Senate |
| 2022-11-14 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 546. | Senate |
| 2022-11-14 | Committee | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-195. | Senate |
| 2022-08-03 | Committee | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate |
| 2022-05-12 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate |
| 2022-05-11 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-11 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 37 (Roll no. 153). (text: 05/10/2022 CR H4733) | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-11 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4833-4834) | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-10 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-10 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7077. | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-10 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4733-4736) | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-10 | Floor | Ms. Stevens moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 229. | House floor actions |
| 2022-05-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 117-309. | House floor actions |
| 2022-04-05 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2022-04-05 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2022-03-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. | House floor actions |
| 2022-03-15 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |