3.0.0 2584 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z Senate S S 2006-04-06 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-06T21:59:15Z Rocky Mountain FIRES Act 109 4875 HR 2006-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. Related bill CRS 2006-04-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2006-04-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3235) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Arizona Biomass energy Colorado Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Fire prevention Forest fires Forest health Forest management Grants-in-aid Idaho Infrastructure Logging Mining royalties Montana National forests New Mexico North Dakota Oil and gas royalties Pests South Dakota Tree diseases Utah Water Resources Development Water supply Wyoming Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2006-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-17T15:04:53Z Rocky Mountain Forest Insects Response Enhancement and Support Act or the Rocky Mountain FIRES Act - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to require the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to use not less than 70% of the funds allocated for authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects in the Rocky Mountain region for: (1) projects in the wildland-urban interface; and (2) projects on land that is in proximity to a municipal water supply system or a stream feeding such a system in a municipal watershed and that has been identified for such projects in community wildfire protection plans.

Authorizes the Secretary to designate insect-emergency areas.

Authorizes grants to: (1) at-risk communities in the Rocky Mountain region to assist such communities in preparing or revising a community wildfire protection plan; and (2) owners or operators of facilities that use biomass to offset their costs of purchasing biomass.

Requires the Secretary to establish at least one collection point for the placement of vegetative material removed from federal or other land as part of a hazardous fuel reduction project.

]]> Rocky Mountain Forest Insects Response Enhancement and Support Act Display Title Rocky Mountain Forest Insects Response Enhancement and Support Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to help reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rocky Mountain Forest Insects Response Enhancement and Support Act Short Titles as Introduced Rocky Mountain FIRES Act Introduced in Senate 2006-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2584is/xml/BILLS-109s2584is.xml 2006-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.