[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3922 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 435
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3922


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2026

                                Received

                             June 15, 2026

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or 
inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal 
             and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means--
                    (A) each Federal land management agency (as defined 
                in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
                Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801));
                    (B) the Natural Resources Conservation Service;
                    (C) the Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (D) the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
                    (E) the United States Fire Administration;
                    (F) States;
                    (G) Indian Tribes; and
                    (H) local governments.
            (2) Covered authority.--The term ``covered authority'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
                U.S.C. 6501 et seq.);
                    (B) the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
                (16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.);
                    (C) the good neighbor authority under section 8206 
                of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a);
                    (D) the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 
                U.S.C. 3101 et seq.);
                    (E) the collaborative forest landscape restoration 
                program under section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land 
                Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303); and
                    (F) any other statutory authority that facilitates 
                cross-boundary wildfire mitigation or forest health 
                improvement activities, as determined by the 
                Comptroller General of the United States.

SEC. 3. STUDY ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACROSS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES.

    (a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study on--
            (1) the existing Federal programs, rules, and authorities 
        that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation from being completed 
        across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal 
        land;
            (2) whether changes to any program, rule, or authority 
        (including changes to existing statutory definitions) 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1) would--
                    (A) allow a covered agency increased capacity or 
                access to funding to mitigate wildfires or improve 
                forest health; and
                    (B) enable better community protection and prevent 
                the loss of structures due to wildfire; and
            (3) the activities carried out pursuant to a covered 
        authority, including--
                    (A) how to improve the efficacy of such activities 
                with respect to mitigating wildfire; and
                    (B) whether the enactment of such covered authority 
                has increased capacity or access to funding to mitigate 
                wildfires for a covered agency.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate a report that contains--
            (1) the results of the study required under subsection (a); 
        and
            (2) recommendations to simplify cross-boundary wildfire 
        mitigation between Federal land management agencies and State, 
        local, and Tribal governments.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2026.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                       Calendar No. 435

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3922

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   study on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or 
inhibit wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal 
             and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 15, 2026

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar