[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5815 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5815

 To bar prosecution under section 844(f)(1) of title 18, United States 
                        Code, in certain cases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

  Mr. Walden (for himself, Mr. Labrador, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Gosar) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To bar prosecution under section 844(f)(1) of title 18, United States 
                        Code, in certain cases.

    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 ``Resource Management Practices 
Protection Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. BAR TO PROSECUTION UNDER SECTION 844(F)(1) OF TITLE 18, UNITED 
              STATES CODE, IN CERTAIN CASES.

    Section 844(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(f)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding after and below the end the following:
    ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if--
            ``(i) the damage or destruction, or attempt to damage or 
        destroy, is by means of a fire that--
                    ``(I) is set by a person to property owned by the 
                person--
                            ``(aa) to prevent an imminent threat of 
                        damage to that property; or
                            ``(bb) as part of any other generally 
                        accepted practice for managing vegetation on 
                        timber, grazing, or farm land;
                    ``(II) does not pose a serious threat of injury to 
                any individual or damage to any building, dwelling, or 
                vehicle of the United States; and
                    ``(III) does not result in death or serious bodily 
                injury to any individual; and
            ``(ii) an individual who has not attained 16 years of age 
        is not used in setting the fire.''.
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