Environment & Energy Congressional Round-Up | September 26-30

Highlights:

Last week, the FIRE Act (S. 3092) passed the Senate unanimously. The bill would update the federal government’s wildfire policy, including measures on wildfire alerts, relocating structures at risk of fires, and wildfire reporting to Congress. EESI’s Living with Climate Change: Wildfires briefing details federal policies and practices to address wildfires.

Meanwhile, the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022 (S. 3875) passed the Senate. The bill would require the President to maintain a natural disaster risk assessment program of products that inform users on factors like an area’s natural hazard risk, loss exposure, social vulnerability, and more.

The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing in preparation for the 2023 Farm Bill, A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Title XII – Department Operations and Outreach. To read more about climate and energy highlights from the farm bill hearings, check out EESI’s farm bill tracker. 

Finally, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held a hearing, A Big Climate Deal: Lowering Costs, Creating Jobs, and Reducing Pollution with the Inflation Reduction Act.

To see the full update of environmental and energy legislation in Congress, view the pdf.