3.0.0 2286 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z Senate S 2015-11-17 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-11-17T16:58:08Z 2015-11-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2015-11-17 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2015-11-17 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-08T22:25:03Z Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015

Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Department of the Interior, with respect to public lands, to implement authorized wildfire prevention projects in at-risk forests and on threatened and endangered species habitat in a manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities.

Requires projects carried out on threatened and endangered species habitat to: (1) provide enhanced protection from wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, for the endangered species, threatened species, or their habitat; and (2) comply with applicable recovery plan guidelines.

Requires projects carried out in at-risk forests to move the federal land from condition class II or III toward condition class I, as those classes were developed by the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in a specified general technical report.

Permits use in a project of: (1) domestic livestock grazing to reduce surface fuel loads and to recover burned areas; and (2) timber harvesting and thinning to reduce ladder and canopy fuel loads for the prevention of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfires.

Directs USDA and Interior to review public petitions for, and make determinations with respect to, the designation of federal lands as at-risk forests or as threatened and endangered species habitats.

Requires notice in the Federal Register of proposed projects and final designated projects and permits public comment on projects as specified.

Instructs USDA and Interior to prepare an environmental assessment for projects that include timber harvesting or grazing.

Instructs USDA and Interior to research what impact any listing of a species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 would have on both forage and timber forest fuel loads. Requires endangered species recovery plans and critical habitat determinations to include a wildfire risk assessment analysis.

]]> Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 Display Title Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System land and public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2286is/xml/BILLS-114s2286is.xml 2015-11-17 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.