FIRE Act
What does the FIRE Act do?
HR 6387 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO-8). The Clean Air Act lets a state's governor petition EPA to exclude air quality monitoring data caused by an exceptional event from a list of EPA determinations, including whether an area meets national air quality standards. This bill requires EPA to issue revisions to those regulations within 18 months of enactment and extends them to cover actions to mitigate wildfire risk, defined as a prescribed fire or similar measure undertaken in accordance with State approved practices to reduce the risk and severity of wildfires. It also directs EPA to run regional modeling when more than one State notifies it of an intent to petition over the same air quality event, or when EPA itself determines such a multistate event has occurred, and to publish a website within 12 months, updated monthly, listing the status of every petition.
Did HR 6387 pass? Where it stands
As of August 31, 2026, HR 6387 has passed the House.
Status: Passed House
Latest vote: House Passed 220–198 on April 22, 2026
Outlook: Possible
Key provisions
- Exceptional Events Revision
- Requires EPA to revise its exceptional events regulations to include air quality data influenced by wildfire smoke or wildfire mitigation activities
- EPA must establish standardized criteria and procedures for a Governor's petition to exclude wildfire-influenced air quality data, including a required causal-relationship showing
- Pre-Fire Mitigation Recognition
- Requires EPA to recognize prescribed burns and other pre-fire risk reduction activities as qualifying exceptional events
- States conducting proactive wildfire mitigation would be able to seek data exclusions for the resulting air quality impacts
Last updated August 9, 2026