3.0.0 2404 2023-02-09T04:45:45Z 2023-02-09T04:45:45Z Senate S 2021-07-20 117 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-12-15T19:09:48Z sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-10-21T14:44:20Z Referred to 2021-07-20T20:42:46Z Western Wildfire Support Act of 2021 117 6336 HR 2022-01-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-15 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-10-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2021-07-20 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N Public Lands and Natural Resources Accounting and auditing Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Appropriations Atmospheric science and weather Aviation and airports Budget process Community life and organization Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Disaster relief and insurance Ecology Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Land use and conservation Military education and training Military operations and strategy Motor vehicles Parks, recreation areas, trails Research and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Transportation safety and security Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-02-08T17:19:05Z Western Wildfire Support Act of 2021

This bill establishes activities to address wildfires.

The bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to establish spatial fire management plans before the end of FY2024.

The bill establishes

  • accounts in the Treasury for addressing wildfires,
  • a program to train and certify citizens who wish to be able to volunteer to assist USDA or Interior during a wildland fire incident,
  • a program to award grants to eligible states or units of local government to acquire slip-on tank and pump units for a surge capacity of resources for fire suppression,
  • the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for the management of wildfire-related invasive species, and
  • the Management of Wildfire-Related Invasive Species Technology Advisory Board.

The bill also

  • requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to reimburse a state or federal agency for the costs of wildfire suppression as a result of a fire caused by DOD activity,
  • requires the Joint Fire Science Program to work with unmanned aircraft test ranges to carry out research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applications,
  • requires federal and state disaster preparedness programs to include postdisaster assistance, and
  • authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding to a state agency to establish and operate a website to provide information relating to postfire recovery funding and resources to a community or an individual impacted by a wildland fire.
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