3.0.0 2015 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z 2026-03-24T12:52:44Z Senate S S 2025-06-10 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2015 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Markup By 2025-12-17T14:30:04Z Referred To 2025-06-10T18:52:12Z National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 119 3889 HR 2025-06-10 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2025-12-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2025-06-10 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2025-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2025-06-10 True C001114 Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] John Curtis R UT 2025-09-09 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2025-09-09 False S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2025-12-10 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2025-12-10 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Air quality 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Civil actions and liability 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Congressional oversight 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Employee hiring 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Employment and training programs 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Environmental assessment, monitoring, research 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Environmental health 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Fires 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z First responders and emergency personnel 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Government studies and investigations 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Hazardous wastes and toxic substances 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Intergovernmental relations 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Minority employment 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Temporary and part-time employment 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Women's employment 2026-01-07T19:50:30Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2025-07-14T17:37:04Z 00 2025-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2026-02-11T18:40:43Z National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025

    This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to increase the number and size of prescribed fires conducted on federal lands.

    For 10 years, Interior and USDA must annually conduct prescribed fires on federal land so that the total acreage where prescribed fires are conducted is 10% greater than the previous fiscal year. 

    Interior and USDA must establish a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to conduct prescribed fires in priority landscapes.

    Interior and USDA may enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with states, Indian tribes, counties, municipal governments, fire districts, nongovernmental organizations, or private entities to coordinate prescribed fires on federal land.

    Interior and USDA must expand employment opportunities for prescribed fire practitioners, including by expanding hazard pay, supporting underrepresented groups, and establishing additional training centers. 

    To address the public health and safety risk of the expanded use of prescribed fire, the Environmental Protection Agency must coordinate with state, tribal, and local air quality agencies to support the environmental review of wildland fires.

    ]]>         National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 Display Title 45 National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 2025-12-18T12:03:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 2025-06-19T03:38:14Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes. 2025-06-19T03:33:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2015is/xml/BILLS-119s2015is.xml 2025-12-17 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.     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.