[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2033 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 430
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2033
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 11, 2025
Mr. Gallego introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
June 8, 2026
Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Boundary Wildfire
Solutions Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. STUDY ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACROSS LAND OWNERSHIP
BOUNDARIES.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study on--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) whether changes to any program, rule, or
authority identified pursuant to paragraph (1) would allow
Federal land management agencies (as defined in section 802 of
the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801)),
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Fire
Administration, States, local governments, and Tribal
governments increased capacity or access to funding to mitigate
wildfires; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the activities carried out pursuant to
subsection (e) of section 103 of the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6513), including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) how to improve the efficacy of such
activities with respect to mitigating wildfire;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) whether the enactment of such
subsection has increased the access of Federal land
management agencies and States to funding to mitigate
wildfires.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (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 of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate a report that contains--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the results of the study required under
subsection (a); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) recommendations to simplify cross-boundary
wildfire mitigation between Federal land management agencies
and State, local, and Tribal governments.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions
Act''.
SEC. 2. 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
identified pursuant to paragraph (1) would allow Federal land
management agencies (as defined in section 802 of the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801)), the
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting through the Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Fire
Administration, States, local governments, and Tribal
governments increased capacity or access to funding to mitigate
wildfires; and
(3) the activities carried out pursuant to subsection (e)
of section 103 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
(16 U.S.C. 6513), including--
(A) how to improve the efficacy of such activities
with respect to mitigating wildfire; and
(B) whether the enactment of such subsection has
increased the access of Federal land management
agencies and States to funding to mitigate wildfires.
(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.
Calendar No. 430
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2033
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A BILL
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.
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June 8, 2026
Reported with an amendment