FIRE Act

Sponsored by Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) · 3 active : 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedApr 22, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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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.

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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.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Environment · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
181Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 27.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 6387 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 496On PassageFIRE Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.J.Res. 213 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 671On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.J.Res. 210 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 666On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6398 · Apr 16, 2026 · Roll call 478On PassageRED Tape Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4776 · Dec 18, 2025 · Roll call 355On PassageSPEED Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4776 · Dec 18, 2025 · Roll call 353On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4776 · Dec 18, 2025 · Roll call 352On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 4776 · Dec 18, 2025 · Roll call 351On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 4824 · Apr 30, 2024 · Roll call 874On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedCarbon Sequestration Collaboration Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
S.J.Res. 11 · May 23, 2023 · Roll call 231On PassageProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards”
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 2140 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 664On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassDiesel Emissions Reduction Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3276 · Sep 14, 2026 · Roll call 657On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Cosponsors

3 active

Show all 3 cosponsors

Adam Gray (D-CA-13)
Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9)
Jeff Crank (R-CO-5)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.