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Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

USA117th CongressS-4186| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2022
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (1)
Martin Heinrich (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

  • 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
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 1, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7721
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • May 11, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 1, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7721
    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 117-7721: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act

Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

USA117th CongressS-4186| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2022
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
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 1, 2022

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-7721
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
  • May 11, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • November 1, 2022

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-7721
    Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Ben Ray Luján

Ben Ray Luján

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (1)
Martin Heinrich (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
  • HR 117-7721: Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act
  • HR 117-5118: Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted