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Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

USA117th CongressHR-7721| House 
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Teresa Leger Fernandez

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (4)
Yvette Herrell (Republican)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
May 11, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-4186
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2022
Introduced in House
May 11, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 12, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • May 11, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-4186
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • May 11, 2022
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.


  • May 12, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • November 1, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
  • S 117-4186: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

USA117th CongressHR-7721| House 
| Updated: 11/1/2022
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
May 11, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-4186
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2022
Introduced in House
May 11, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
May 12, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • May 11, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-4186
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • May 11, 2022
    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.


  • May 12, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.


  • November 1, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Teresa Leger Fernandez

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Democratic Representative

New Mexico

Cosponsors (4)
Yvette Herrell (Republican)Melanie A. Stansbury (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
  • S 117-4186: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted