Bill > S1997

This bill, known as the Wildfire Smoke Relief Act, authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide transitional sheltering assistance and smoke inhalation prevention equipment to individuals at risk of illness from wildfire smoke. The bill defines "individuals at risk" as low-income individuals, parents or guardians with children under 19, pregnant women, seniors, and those with chronic respiratory, cardiovascular, or other diseases exacerbated by smoke inhalation. The President, through FEMA's Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, can provide assistance to state/local governments, public health authorities, and coordinated care organizations to purchase and distribute equipment like air filters, respirators, and weather-sealing devices. If such equipment is insufficient, FEMA can also provide cost-efficient transitional shelter assistance to those at risk.