# H.R. 6387 (119th): Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act or the FIRE Act

Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act or the FIRE Act This bill modifies the definition of exceptional events under the Clean Air Act and requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its regulations regarding exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk. Generally, the EPA must exclude data from use in determinations of exceedances and violations of national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) if a state demonstrates that an exceptional event caused a specific air pollution concentration. The bill provides that events caused by human activity that are intended to mirror the occurrence or reoccurrence of a natural event are exceptional events. Additionally, the bill no longer excludes from consideration as an exceptional event (1) meteorological events involving high temperatures or a lack of precipitation, or (2) stagnation of air masses that does not ordinarily occur. The bill requires the EPA to revise regulations regarding the reviewing and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by actions to mitigate wildfire risk. The bill also requires the EPA to conduct regional modeling and analysis when multiple states submit petitions regarding the same exceptional event or action to mitigate wildfire risk.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: air_quality. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: clean_air_act. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: environment. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fire_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: legislation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: wildfire. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 135: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 136: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a regulatory and prudential measure that combines a real public good (reducing wildfire risk and recognizing truly exceptional natural events) with real concerns (weakening air-quality exceedance determinations and expanding the exclusion category). It does not directly advance a named moral harm such as abuse or coercive surveillance, nor does it clearly restrain one. The title and summary are sufficient for a prudent high-level classification as mixed.
Theological note: This bill bears on stewardship of creation, care for neighbors who breathe the air, and prudent public response to wildfire danger. Wildfire mitigation serves the protection of communities, while air-quality standards protect vulnerable people, so the measure weighs real goods against each other. The relevant questions are whether the exclusions remain honest and accountable, and whether they shield polluters or merely recognize real natural hazards. This is an issue-relevance note, not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 135: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 206 · Nay 214 · Other 10.
Roll 136: On Passage. Yea 220 · Nay 198 · Other 12.

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