[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 906 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 906

                To promote wildland firefighter safety.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2005

  Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
                To promote wildland firefighter safety.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY.

    (a) Definition of Secretary.--In this section, the term 
``Secretary'' means--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public 
        land (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and 
        Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), the surface of which 
        is administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
        through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; and
            (2) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land of 
        the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the 
        Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
        (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))) administered by the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
    (b) Firefighter Safety and Training Budget.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) track funds expended for firefighter safety and 
        training programs and activities; and
            (2) include a line item for funds expended under paragraph 
        (1) in each budget request submitted after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Annual Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretaries 
shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the implementation and 
efficacy of wildland firefighter safety and training programs and 
activities.
    (d) Safety Qualification of Private Contractors.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretaries shall ensure that any 
        Federal contract or agreement entered into with a private 
        entity for wildland firefighting services requires the entity 
        to provide firefighter training in accordance with 
        qualification standards established by the National Wildfire 
        Coordinating Group.
            (2) Compliance.--The Secretaries shall develop a program to 
        monitor and enforce compliance with the requirements of 
        paragraph (1).
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