3.0.0 906 2020-01-29T20:28:10Z 2020-01-29T20:28:10Z Senate S S 2005-04-26 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2006-05-10T19:53:12Z Referred to 2005-04-26T20:56:02Z 2006-05-10 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-518. Committee 2005-04-26 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2005-04-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4260-4261) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-04-26 True Emergency Management Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Employee training Federal budgets Fire fighters Fire prevention Forest fires Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Health Labor and Employment National forests Occupational health and safety Public Lands and Natural Resources Emergency Management 00 2005-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-13T18:35:08Z Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land of the National Forest System, (the Secretaries) to: (1) track funds expended for firefighter safety and training programs and activities; and (2) include a line item for such funds expended in each budget request submitted after enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretaries to jointly submit annual reports to Congress on the implementation and efficacy of wildland firefighter safety and training programs and activities.

Requires the Secretaries to: (1) ensure that any Federal contract or agreement with a private entity for wildland firefighting services requires the entity to provide firefighter training in accordance with standards established by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group; and (2) develop a program to monitor and enforce compliance with such requirement.

]]> Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005 Display Title Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote wildland firefighter safety. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-26T04:00:00Z 2006-05-10 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-518. 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.