S4654-118

Reported

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 10, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id832D52772B9245468E7E696568860C99: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act.
  • Section idAF62DD1A058247E8980B0789438055F4: 2. Indian tribal government eligibility Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended— in...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Key Policy Areas

Criminal Justice, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow Indian tribal governments to directly request fire management assistance declarations and grants, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.

Policy Domains

Criminal Justice Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 12, 2024

Reported by Mr. Peters, with an amendment

Jul 10, 2024

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
8 mentions across 2 clauses
+6 positive -2 negative

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Indian tribal governments, State governments

Positive-direction: Indian tribal governments, State governments, Tribal emergency management agencies

Negative-direction: Federal Emergency Management Agency

4/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Criminal Justice Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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