3.0.0 6519 2019-11-15T21:28:20Z 2019-11-15T21:28:20Z House H HR 2012-09-21 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUNTER:H.R. 6519.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to make needful rules and regulationsregarding the territory of the United States, as enumeratedin Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H6278]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2012-10-09T19:30:42Z Referred to 2012-09-21T13:05:45Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2012-10-05T16:01:47Z Referred to 2012-09-21T13:05:40Z 2012-10-09 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Committee 2012-10-05 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2012-09-21 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2012-09-21 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2012-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-52] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 52 N B000461 Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] BRIAN BILBRAY R CA P. 50 2012-09-21 True D000492 Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26] DAVID DREIER R CA 26 2012-09-21 True C001064 Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48] John Campbell R CA 48 2012-09-21 True B001228 Rep. Bono Mack, Mary [R-CA-45] MARY BONO MACK R CA 45 2012-09-21 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Fires Forests, forestry, trees General public lands matters Licensing and registrations Property rights Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-09-21 Introduced in House 2012-11-07T13:42:15Z Defend Your Home Against Wildfire Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior to establish a process for the expedited consideration of a permit application submitted by the owner of eligible private property to remove vegetation on federal land adjacent to the property to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire that would threaten a residential structure on such property.

Requires the final decision on an application for a vegetation removal permit to be made no later than 14 days after the application is received.

Prohibits a vegetation removal permit from authorizing vegetation removal activities by a private landowner on federal land more than 100 feet beyond the boundary or boundaries shared by such land and the eligible private property.

Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make a grant to a recipient of a vegetation removal permit to help cover up to 25% of the vegetation removal costs.

]]> Defend Your Home Against Wildfire Act Short Titles as Introduced Defend Your Home Against Wildfire Act Display Title Defend Your Home Against Wildfire Act Official Title as Introduced To provide an expedited permit process to authorize private landowners to conduct limited vegetation removal activities on National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to their private property to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire that would threaten residential structures on the private property, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6519ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6519ih.xml 2012-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. 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.