[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2151

  To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 
2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that 
                                  Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

    Mr. Lee 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 amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 
2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that 
                                  Act.

    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 ``Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INSTITUTE.

    (a) In General.--Section 5(b)(2) of the Southwest Forest Health and 
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6704(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the State of Utah.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5(e)(1) of the Southwest Forest 
Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6704(e)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``and Colorado'' and inserting ``Colorado, and 
Utah''.
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