FIRE PREVENTION

Amendments

Disasters: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (H. Con. Res. 352), H5038 [22JY]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (S. 2670), S11604, S11641 [19NO]

Articles and editorials

Activists Have To Share Blame, E1524 [9SE]

Daschle's Burning Senators, S9184 [25SE]

Don't Hold Your Fire, S8875 [19SE]

Fire This Time, S5947 [24JN], E1146 [25JN]

Forest Plan Has Merits, S9021 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Black Hills National Forest: declare a fire risk emergency for the Beaver Park Roadless Area and Norbeck Wildlife Preserve and address forest health conditions in these areas (see H.R. 4766), H2607 [16MY]

Children and youth: manufacture children's sleepwear in accordance with stricter flammability standards (see S. 2208), S2950 [18AP]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see S. 2188), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 2317), S3435 [25AP] (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP] (see H.R. 4981), H3774 [20JN] (see H.R. 5059), H4325 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY] (see H.R. 5341), H6084 [5SE]

Dept. of the Interior: enter certain leases for fire capitalization improvements (see S. 3129), S10676 [17OC]

Disasters: allow Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to enter into agreements with Federal agencies to acquire goods and services relative to improving or using the wildfire fighting capability of those agencies (see H.R. 5185), H5194 [23JY]

———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (see S. Con. Res. 107), S3953 [7MY] (see H. Con. Res. 352), H932 [14MR]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]

———reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6171 [10SE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend firefighter assistance programs (see H.R. 4548), H1532 [23AP]

Firefighters: develop new firefighting technology (see H.R. 5479), H6776 [26SE]

———establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H1002 [19MR]

———expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5102), H4552 [11JY]

———facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4068 [26JN]

Forests: authorize Regional Foresters to exempt tree-thinning projects from laws that give rise to legal action that delay or prevent such projects (see H.R. 5309), H5996 [26JY]

———establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see S. 2670), S5956 [24JN] (see H.R. 5086), H4497 [10JY]

Public lands: designate certain forest lands at risk for catastrophic wildfires as emergency mitigation areas and authorize the use of alternative arrangements in those areas (see S. 2811), S7430 [26JY]

———improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H6059 [4SE]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (see H.R. 3948), H833 [12MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 4912), H3453 [11JN]

Safety: expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 2920), S8456 [10SE]

Cost Estimates

Healthy Forests Reform Act (H.R. 5319): CBO, E2150 [16DE]

Penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912): CBO, E2149 [16DE]

Excerpts

``Fire on the Mountain,'' John N. Maclean, S8703 [18SE]

Factsheets

National Fire Plan on Federal Lands Implementation (H.R. 3948), E327 [12MR]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: National Fire Plan implementation improvements, E1693, E1695 [30SE]

Remarks in House

Bergen County Fire Prevention and Protection Association: tribute, E1735 [3OC]

BLM: wildfire management funding through reductions in land acquisition funding, H4852-H4854 [17JY]

Colorado: impact of wildfires, H3555-H3557 [13JN]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997 [7JN]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (H.R. 4607), E646 [26AP]

Disasters: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H3922 [25JN], H4029, H4056, H4058-H4060 [26JN], E1146 [25JN]

———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (H. Con. Res. 352), H5037, H5038 [22JY], E357 [14MR], E1349 [25JY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend firefighter assistance programs (H.R. 4548), E1112 [20JN]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (H.R. 3992), H6966 [2OC]

———facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), H4375-H4378 [9JY], E1259 [15JY]

Forest Service: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4849-H4851 [17JY]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H6073 [5SE], H6132 [10SE], E1524 [9SE]

———wildfire prevention funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4820, H4821 [17JY]

Holman, Tim: International Association of Fire Chiefs Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year recipient, E1570 [12SE]

Montrose, CO: tribute to Centennial Junior High School students, E2004 [14NO]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E111 [7FE], E155 [14FE]

Public lands: improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (H.R. 5319), H6289-H6293 [17SE]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (H.R. 3948), E326 [12MR], E1693, E1695 [30SE]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912), H3556 [13JN]

Public safety officers: tribute to first responders, E1287 [17JY]

Western States: fire prevention funding, H6697 [26SE]

Wildfires: emergency firefighting funding, H4858 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (S. 2188), S2841 [17AP]

———promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 2317), S3439 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior: repayment of accounts from which funds were borrowed for emergency wildfire suppression, S8144 [4SE], S8589 [13SE], S8631 [17SE], S8877 [19SE], S9184 [25SE]

Disasters: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, S5945-S5948 [24JN], S5973 [25JN], S6056 [26JN], S6228 [27JN], S6522 [10JY], S8152 [4SE], S8532 [12SE]

———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy, S3158 [23AP]

———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (S. Con. Res. 107), S3965 [7MY]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program funding, S10438 [15OC]

Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), S6680 [11JY], S6729 [15JY]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (S. 2670), S11641-S11643 [19NO]

Kentucky Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association: American Society of Association Executives Associations Advance America Award of Excellence recipient, S2672 [15AP]

National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S8409-S8411, S8414 [10SE], S8515-S8519 [12SE], S8589 [13SE], S8635-S8642, S8656-S8662 [17SE], S8701-S8708, S8743 [18SE], S8872-S8880, S8894-S8897 [19SE], S9004, S9019 [23SE], S9183 [25SE], S9678, S9679 [1OC]

National Public Radio: collaboration between correspondent and environmental organizations in forest thinning projects story, S8876-S8878 [19SE]

Public lands: designate certain forest lands at risk for catastrophic wildfires as emergency mitigation areas and authorize the use of alternative arrangements in those areas (S. 2811), S7449 [29JY]

Reports filed

Encourage Land Management Agencies To Reduce Forest Fuels That Place National Resources at High Risk of Wildfire, and Prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Con. Res. 352) (H. Rept. 107-502), H3452 [11JN]

Healthy Forests Reform Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5319) (H. Rept. 107-770), H8050 [31OC]

Penalties for Illegal Campfires on Public, National Park, and National Forest Lands That Results in Damage and Specify Uses for Collected Fines: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4912) (H. Rept. 107-763), H8034 [21OC]

Wildfire Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2670), S10115 [8OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 352, encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy, H5037 [22JY]

H.R. 5017, facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires, H4375 [9JY]

S. 2188, Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act, S2842 [17AP]

S. 2670, Wildfire Prevention Act, S11641 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 107, encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy, S3964 [7MY]