3.0.0 1100 2023-01-11T13:27:25Z 2023-01-11T13:27:25Z Senate S 2015-04-27 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-07-16T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-04-27T22:58:06Z Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 114 6029 HR 2016-09-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2016 114 3395 S 2016-12-14 Became Public Law No: 114-275. Related bill CRS 2015-07-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Committee 2015-04-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred sequentially to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry by unanimous consent with instructions that if the bill is reported by that Committee, the bill be referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2016-05-26 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government liability Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-19T22:05:58Z Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015

Bars any federal agency from authorizing a prescribed burn on federal land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the federal land is located, the grassland fire danger index indicates a high, very high, or extreme danger of grassland fire or the Forest Service has declared a very high or extreme fire danger, unless the agency obtains prior approval from the applicable state government and local fire officials.

Makes a federal agency that authorizes a prescribed burn liable for any damage to private property, notwithstanding the Federal Tort Claims Act or any state law.

]]> Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015 Display Title Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require State and local government approval of prescribed burns on Federal land during conditions of drought or fire danger. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1100is/xml/BILLS-114s1100is.xml 2015-07-16 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. 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.