3.0.0 2806 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z 2023-03-08T20:12:10Z Senate S 2021-09-22 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-10-21T14:44:30Z Referred to 2021-09-22T20:39:21Z Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 117 3534 HR 2021-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2021-10-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2021-09-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2021-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-09-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-09-22 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2021-10-20 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Aquatic ecology Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Agriculture Disaster relief and insurance Ecology Economic development Educational facilities and institutions Educational guidance Electric power generation and transmission Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental education Executive agency funding and structure Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees Health facilities and institutions Land use and conservation Military facilities and property Photography and imaging Poverty and welfare assistance Public contracts and procurement Public utilities and utility rates Public-private cooperation Roads and highways Teaching, teachers, curricula Technology transfer and commercialization Vocational and technical education Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-29T18:07:03Z Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021

This bill provides for programs and activities in support of forest restoration, wildfire mitigation, and energy resilience.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall select landscape-scale forest restoration projects located west of the 100th meridian to implement on National Forest System land and on land adjoining National Forest System land. USDA shall establish a pilot program under which USDA may enter into conservation finance agreements with public or private persons to implement and monitor such projects.

The Department of Energy shall establish a program to support critical infrastructure and microgrids, including by improving the energy resilience and power needs of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals) through the use of microgrids, renewable energy, energy efficiency, reduced electricity demand, and on-site storage.

USDA and the Department of the Interior shall establish one or more centers in western states to train individuals in methods relevant to the mitigation of wildfire risk.

USDA shall establish a competitive grant program to support workforce development in forestry and fire management.

]]> Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 Display Title Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2806is/xml/BILLS-117s2806is.xml 2021-10-21 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.