[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 983 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 983

 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

                            February 7, 2017

  Mr. Walden 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 2017''.

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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