[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4428]
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SA 3132. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part II of subtitle F of title VIII, add the
following:
SEC. 86__. REPORT ON WILDFIRE, INSECT INFESTATION, AND
DISEASE PREVENTION ON FEDERAL LAND.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act and every year thereafter, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Interior shall submit to the Committee on
Agriculture and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate a joint written report on--
(1) the number of acres of Federal land treated by the
Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable,
for wildfire, insect infestation, or disease prevention;
(2) the number of acres of Federal land categorized as a
high or extreme fire risk;
(3) the total timber production from Federal land;
(4) the number of acres and average fire intensity of
wildfires affecting Federal land treated for wildfire, insect
infestation, or disease prevention;
(5) the number of acres and average fire intensity of
wildfires affecting Federal land not treated for wildfire,
insect infestation, or disease prevention; and
(6) the Federal response time for each fire on greater than
25,000 acres.
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