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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced March 27, 2025 by Laura Friedman · Last progress March 27, 2025
Directs the Government Accountability Office to study whether and how the federal government could use existing or new grant programs to voluntarily buy homes from willing homeowners in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires.
The study must review existing buyout efforts, propose how to track and share buyout information, recommend which federal agency should run a wildfire buyout program, offer land‑use and eligibility guidance, and deliver a report to Congress within 12 months. It does not create a buyout program or spend new funds; it only requires a study and recommendations.