[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4096 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4096

    To facilitate the ability of private property owners and local 
   communities that manage public land to clear brush or make other 
modifications to their property for the purpose of creating fire breaks 
             in order to protect human lives and property.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2007

  Mr. Hunter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To facilitate the ability of private property owners and local 
   communities that manage public land to clear brush or make other 
modifications to their property for the purpose of creating fire breaks 
             in order to protect human lives and property.

    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 ``Wild Fire Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. CREATION OF FIRE BREAKS NOT RESTRICTED BY FEDERAL LAW.

    No Federal law shall prohibit or restrict private property owners 
or local communities that manage public land from clearing brush or 
making other modifications to their property for the purpose of 
creating fire breaks in order to protect human lives and property.
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