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[S. 3395 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3395

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
               To require limitations on prescribed burns.

    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 ``Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 
2016''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
    In this Act:
        (1) National fire danger rating system.--The term ``national 
    fire danger rating system'' means the national system used to 
    provide a measure of fire danger according to a range of low to 
    moderate to high to very high to extreme.
        (2) Prescribed burn.--The term ``prescribed burn'' means a 
    planned fire intentionally ignited.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON PRESCRIBED BURNS.
    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall not authorize a prescribed burn on Forest Service land 
if, for the county or contiguous county in which the land is located, 
the national fire danger rating system indicates an extreme fire danger 
level.
    (b) Exception.--The Secretary may authorize a prescribed burn under 
a condition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary coordinates 
with the applicable State government and local fire officials.
    (c) Report.--At the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report describing--
        (1) the number and locations of prescribed burns during that 
    fiscal year; and
        (2) each prescribed burn during that fiscal year that was 
    authorized by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.