House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023

H.R. 3396Introduced May 17, 2023Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Where it went

IntroducedMay 17, 2023
Committee actionDec 6, 2023
Passed HouseDec 17, 2024 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3396.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3396, Fire Department Repayment Act of 2023” on March 22, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 22, 2024 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60132
CBO publication date
March 22, 2024
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3396, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-750 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 18, 2024.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2024 ↗
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H.R. 3396, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):
Section 1, Article 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require the standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 3396, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

31 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 1 independent

15 of 31 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Emilia Sykes (D-OH) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-9 district

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