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FIRE Act

H. R. 6387 To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk.

Introduced Dec 3, 2025

Latest action (Apr 27, 2026) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Referred to
Environment and Public Works Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Issues
Climate & Energy
Legislative subjects (9)
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAtmospheric science and weatherEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment information and archivesState and local government operations

Summary

The FIRE Act (Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act) amends the Clean Air Act to revise how the Environmental Protection Agency handles air quality monitoring data influenced by wildfires and wildfire mitigation actions like prescribed burns. The bill expands the definition of "exceptional events" to include prescribed fires and other human activities intended to mitigate wildfire risk, and establishes new procedures for states to petition the EPA to exclude air quality data affected by these events from federal compliance determinations. The EPA must revise its regulations within 18 months of enactment and must conduct regional analysis when multiple states report the same air quality event. The bill requires the EPA to establish and maintain a public website that tracks the status of all petitions submitted for exceptional events and wildfire mitigation actions, updated monthly. Governors can petition to exclude affected air quality data from determinations regarding air quality standards violations, area designations, and state implementation plans.

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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Gabe Evans’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION $13,513
  • BT CONSTRUCTION $11,600
  • STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $9,900
  • FISHER INVESTMENTS $9,900
  • SPIERER WOODWARD $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Gabe Evans → · Outside spending →

Actions (23)
  1. Apr 27, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
  2. Apr 22, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Apr 22, 2026 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 198 (Roll no. 136). (text: CR 4/21/2026 H3013) · house
  4. Apr 22, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 198 (Roll no. 136). (text: CR 4/21/2026 H3013)
  5. Apr 22, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 214 (Roll no. 135). · house
  6. Apr 22, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3064-3065) · house
  7. Apr 21, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6387, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Dexter demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced. · house
  8. Apr 21, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX. · house
  9. Apr 21, 2026 Ms. Dexter moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (CR H3019) · house
  10. Apr 21, 2026 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. · house
  11. Apr 21, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6387. · house
  12. Apr 21, 2026 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, H.R. 6409 and H. Res. 1156. The resolution provides for consideration of each measure under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides one motion to recommit on H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and H.R. 6409. · house
  13. Apr 21, 2026 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1174. (consideration: CR H3013-3019; text: CR H3013) · house
  14. Apr 15, 2026 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1174 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, H.R. 6409 and H. Res. 1156. The resolution provides for consideration of each measure under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides one motion to recommit on H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and H.R. 6409. · house
  15. Apr 9, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 515. · house
  16. Apr 9, 2026 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-595. · house
  17. Jan 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 23. · house
  18. Jan 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  19. Dec 10, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10. · house
  20. Dec 10, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  21. Dec 3, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. · house
  22. Dec 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  23. Dec 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

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  • S 3044 — Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 87%
  • HR 4218 — CLEAR Act · Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
  • S 5045 — Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • S 341 — A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish a grant program for supporting local communities in detecting, preparing for, communicating about, or mitigating the environmental and public health impacts of wildfire smoke and extreme heat, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jan 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HRES 1174 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6398) to amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6409) to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify standards for emissions emanating from outside of the United States, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156) expressing support for tax policies that support working families. · Passed House Apr 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • S 4812 — FIRE SMART Act of 2026 · Introduced Jun 17, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 3, 2025

Mr. Evans of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

April 9, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Gray, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Crank

April 9, 2026

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act” or the “FIRE Act”.

SEC. 2. AIR QUALITY MONITORING DATA INFLUENCED BY EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS OR ACTIONS TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE RISK.

Section 319(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7619(b)) is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting “Or Actions To Mitigate Wildfire Risk” after “Events”;

(2) in paragraph (1)—

(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Definition of exceptional event” and inserting “Definitions”;

(B) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses

(i) through (iv), as subclauses (I) through (IV), respectively;

(C) by striking “(A)” and all that follows through “an event that—” and inserting the following:

“(A) Exceptional event.—

“(i) In general.—The term ‘exceptional event’ means an event that—”;

(D) by amending subclause (III) of subparagraph

(A)(i), as redesignated, to read as follows:

“(III) is an event that is— “(aa) a natural event; “(bb) caused by a human activity that is intended to mirror the occurrence or reoccurrence of a natural event; or

“(cc) caused by a human activity that is unlikely to recur; and”;

(E) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

“(ii) Exclusions.—In this subsection, the term ‘exceptional event’ does not include—

“(I) ordinarily occurring stagnation of air masses;

“(II) meteorological inversions; or

“(III) air pollution relating to source noncompliance.”; and

(F) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) Action to mitigate wildfire risk.—The term ‘action to mitigate wildfire risk’ means a prescribed fire or similar measure, undertaken in accordance with State approved practices, to reduce the risk and severity of wildfires.”;

(3) in paragraph (2)—

(A) in subparagraph (A)—

(i) by striking “March 1, 2006” and inserting “18 months after the date of enactment of the FIRE Act”;

(ii) by inserting “revisions to” before “regulations”; and

(iii) by adding “or actions to mitigate wildfire risk” before the period at the end;

(B) in subparagraph (B)—

(i) by inserting “including proposed revisions to regulations,” after “subparagraph (A),”;

(ii) by inserting “or action to mitigate wildfire risk” after “an exceptional event”; and

(iii) by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “this section”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Regional analysis.—When more than one State notifies the Administrator of its intent to submit a petition pursuant to this section for an exceptional event or an action to mitigate wildfire risk for the same air quality event, or, if the Administrator determines such a multistate air quality event has occurred, the Administrator shall conduct regional modeling and analysis sufficient to satisfy the demonstration required for an exceptional event or an action to mitigate wildfire risk petition for such air quality event.

“(D) Transparency.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the FIRE Act, the Administrator shall establish, and thereafter update monthly, a public website describing the status of all petitions submitted pursuant to this section for exceptional events and actions to mitigate wildfire risk.”;

(4) in paragraph (3)(A)—

(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (v) as clauses (iii) through (vi), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

“(ii) the principle that actions to mitigate wildfire risk can play an important role in reducing the magnitude and frequency of wildfires;”;

(5) in paragraph (3)(B)—

(A) in clause (i), by inserting “or action to mitigate wildfire risk” before “must be”;

(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:

“(ii) a clear causal relationship must exist, or be reasonably expected to exist, between the measured exceedances of a national ambient air quality standard and the exceptional event or action to mitigate wildfire risk to demonstrate that the exceptional event or action to mitigate wildfire risk caused a specific air pollution concentration at a particular air quality monitoring location;”; and

(C) by amending clause (iv) to read as follows:

“(iv) there are criteria and procedures for the Governor of a State to petition the Administrator to exclude air quality monitoring data that is directly due to exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk from use in determinations by the Administrator with respect to—

“(I) area or source exceedances or violations of the national ambient air quality standards;

“(II) the designation, redesignation, classification, or reclassification of an area;

“(III) the demonstration by a State of attainment of a national ambient air quality standard;

“(IV) attainment determinations;

“(V) attainment date extensions;

“(VI) finding a State implementation plan to be inadequate; or

“(VII) preconstruction demonstrations under section 165(a)(3).”; and

(6) by striking paragraph (4). Union Calendar No. 515

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6387

[Report No. 119-595]

A BILL

To amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk.

April 9, 2026

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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