3.0.0 1991 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z Senate S 2017-10-19 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-19T20:50:45Z Wildland Fires Act of 2017 115 4208 HR 2017-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2017-10-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-10-19 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-10-19 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-10-19 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-10-19 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-10-19 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Insects Pest management State and local government operations Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-13T23:09:49Z Wildland Fires Act of 2017

This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a cost review each fiscal year of each wildfire covering an area greater than 100,000 acres.

Appropriations for wildfire management operations in USDA's or Interior's Wildland Fire Management accounts that are not expended for a fiscal year may be available for wildfire risk reduction projects on federal land.

Interior and USDA shall: (1) publish a map depicting at-risk communities (as re-defined by this bill), including tribal communities; and (2) furnish financial assistance to such communities adjacent to federal land for wildfire planning and preparations.

Interior and USDA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to reduce the risk of wildfires to communities in the wildland-urban interface and reestablish natural fire regimes outside such interface, and (2) implement the program to treat specified federal land composed primarily of ponderosa or Jeffrey pines by September 30, 2027. The bill establishes the Pilot Monitoring Committee to monitor the impacts on wildfire risk and the ecological effects of the projects being implemented under such program.

Interior and USDA: (1) may issue stewardship contracts or enter into stewardship agreements for up to 10 years to conduct prescribed fires on federal lands, and (2) shall establish a pilot program for awarding contracts or agreements of up to 20 years to carry out restoration projects or hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal lands.

The National Forest Foundation shall establish a program to certify as a collaborative a group of interested persons that is interested in assisting USDA and Interior in increasing the quantity of projects or activities such departments carry out on an individual unit of National Forest System land or public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the applicable management plan.

]]> Wildland Fires Act of 2017 Display Title Wildland Fires Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Wildland Fires Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1991is/xml/BILLS-115s1991is.xml 2017-10-19 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.