3.0.0 4431 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z 2023-01-11T13:45:20Z Senate S 2020-08-04 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2020-09-16T18:31:02Z Referred to 2020-08-04T21:41:51Z Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 116 7978 HR 2020-09-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. Identical bill CRS 2020-09-16 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380. Committee 2020-08-04 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4733-4734) IntroReferral 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-08-04 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2020-09-14 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2020-09-14 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2020-09-30 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Aquatic ecology Building construction California Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Disaster relief and insurance Ecology Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational guidance Electric power generation and transmission Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Endangered and threatened species Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees Government lending and loan guarantees Health facilities and institutions Higher education Home and outpatient care Hydrology and hydrography Indian social and development programs Industrial facilities Insects Judicial review and appeals Lakes and rivers Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Materials Nursing Pest management Public utilities and utility rates Roads and highways Teaching, teachers, curricula Trade restrictions Urban and suburban affairs and development Vocational and technical education Water quality Water use and supply Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2020-08-04 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-29T19:21:08Z Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020

This bill addresses wildfire preparedness and response.

Among other things, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to select three forest landscapes on which to conduct projects to reduce the risk of wildfire, restore ecological health, or adapt to the increased risk of wildfire due to climate change.

USDA and the Department of the Interior shall expedite the placement of wildfire detection equipment in areas at risk of wildfire, expedite related permitting, expand the use of satellite data to assist wildfire response, and establish a center to train individuals in methods to mitigate wildfire risk.

The bill excludes certain forest management activities from environmental review requirements.

Interior may make a determination that an emergency situation exists regarding National Forest System land and authorize specified emergency actions. Such a determination and such actions are not subject to administrative review.

Interior shall provide grants, loans, and loan guarantees to support biomass conversion facilities.

The bill allows the export of unprocessed timber of dead and dying trees from federal land in California.

Interior shall establish a grant program to assist in the development and utilization of innovative activities relating to workforce development in the forest sector, raise public awareness about the forest sector, and connect individuals to careers in the forest sector.

The Department of Energy shall provide support to improve the energy resilience, power needs, and energy efficiency of critical facilities.

]]> Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 Display Title Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase wildfire preparedness and response throughout the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4431is/xml/BILLS-116s4431is.xml 2020-09-16 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380. 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.