FIRE PREVENTION

Amendments

Public lands: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S12547 [14OC], S13435, S13481, S13482, S13521, S13522, S13530 [29OC], S13601, S13608, S13609, S13611, S13616, S13617, S13621, S13624, S13626, S13637, S13682, S13684, S13685, S13686, S13687, S13688, S13696 [30OC], S13719 [31OC], H4310 [20MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S15217 [20NO], H10469 [6NO]

Articles and editorials

Fire Damage, S13459 [29OC]

Fire Precautions Save Homes—Fire Resistant Materials, Thinned Trees Credited, E2244 [5NO]

Fire Threat Is Red-Hot in Parched West, S6702 [20MY]

Lake Arrowhead—Fears of a Landmark Disaster, S13627 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions

Colleges and universities: disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus buildings (see S. 1385), S9119 [9JY] (see H.R. 2683), H6464 [9JY]

———provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 620), S3730 [13MR] (see H.R. 1613), H2820 [3AP]

CPSC: issue standards addressing open flame ignition of consumer products containing polyurethane (see H.R. 3437), H10339 [4NO]

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. 1061), H1515 [4MR]

———authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (see H.R. 1042), H1464 [27FE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2692), H6602 [10JY]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see S. 544), S3163 [5MR] (see H.R. 1118), H1678 [6MR]

———expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires (see H.R. 575), H319 [5FE]

Forest Service: 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. 387), H171 [27JA] (see H.R. 849), H704 [13FE]

Forests: establish institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems (see S. 32), S35 [7JA] (see H.R. 460), H242 [29JA]

———establish institutes to demonstrate and promote use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West (see H.R. 2696), H6602 [10JY]

Lupe, Rick: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 237), H6263 [26JN]

Public lands: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see S. 1449), S9793 [23JY] (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (see H. Res. 239), H4253 [19MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 457), H11700 [20NO]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see S. 833), S5059 [9AP] (see H.R. 1038), H1464 [27FE]

Safety: establish comprehensive fire safety standards for upholstered furniture, mattresses, bedclothing, and candles (see S. 1798), S13660 [30OC]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (see S. 1314), S8357 [23JN] (see S. 1352), S8725 [26JN] (see S. 1453), S9905 [24JY] (see H.R. 1621), H2820 [3AP] (see H.R. 2639), H6262 [26JN]

———improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1689 [10MR]

Taxation: treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see S. 1566), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 1824), H3354 [11AP]

Terrorism: improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (see S. 216), S1479 [23JA]

Conference reports

Healthy Forests Restoration Act (H.R. 1904), H11686-H11698 [20NO]

Letters

College Fire Prevention Act: Daniel Jones, Chapel Hill, NC, Fire Dept., S3738 [13MR]

———John C. Biechman, National Fire Prevention Association, S3737 [13MR]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Deb Callahan, League of Conservation Voters, S13461 [29OC]

———Forest Stewards Guild, S13461 [29OC]

———J.T. Banks, Forest Roads Working Group, S13463 [29OC]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4307 [20MY]

———Representative Goodlatte, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4307, H4308 [20MY]

———Representative Tauzin, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4307 [20MY]

———several firefighter advocates, S13462 [29OC]

———several organizations, S13459-S13461, S13462, S13483 [29OC]

Presidential emergency declaration for Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, CA: several California Members of Congress, S13620 [30OC]

Prevent California from implementing air emission requirements for small engines that would require the addition of devices that are potential fire hazards to such engines: Donald P. Bliss, National Association of State Fire Marshals, S14468 [12NO]

———Jacqueline Elder, CPSC, S14469 [12NO]

———Thomas J. Dammrick, National Marine Manufacturers Association, S14469 [12NO]

———William Farr, Missouri Dept. of Public Safety, S14470 [12NO]

———William J. McCammon, California Fire Chiefs Association, S14468 [12NO]

Motions

Public lands: improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S13604, S13609, S13611, S13621, S13624 [30OC], H4322 [20MY], H10463 [6NO]

Remarks in House

California: impact of wildfires, H9987 [29OC], H10197 [30OC], H12166 [21NO]

CPSC: issue standards addressing open flame ignition of consumer products containing polyurethane (H.R. 3437), E2224 [4NO]

Delaware: tribute to Delaware Volunteer Fireman's Association and Ladies' Auxiliary, E1794 [16SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: FIRESAT program funding, H5770 [24JN]

Disasters: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (H.R. 1042), H12164 [21NO], E325, E331 [27FE]

FEMA: firefighting funding, H10197 [30OC]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1954 [2OC]

Firefighters: expedite process by which military aircraft may be used to fight wildfires, H4586, H4587 [22MY]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, H7040 [17JY], H7641 [25JY]

———hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, E1585 [24JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in Dept. of Agriculture land acquisition program funding, H7048, H7049 [17JY]

———increase hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H7042 [17JY]

Los Angeles County, CA: tribute to public safety interoperability communications pilot program, E2262 [6NO]

Lupe, Rick: tribute (H. Con. Res. 237), H10304 [4NO]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, E174 [7FE]

National Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1973 [2OC]

Public lands: forest-thinning projects on Federal lands, E2243 [5NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), H3755-H3758 [7MY], H4003-H4008 [13MY], H4287-H4324 [20MY], H4865-H4868 [3JN], H10197 [30OC], H10462, H10547-H10553 [6NO], E1031, E1036, E1042 [21MY], E1056, E1062 [22MY], E1071, E1078 [23MY], E1094 [2JN], E1244 [13JN], E2243 [5NO], E2281 [7NO], E2332 [19NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, H12159-H12172 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference rpt. consideration (H. Res. 457), H12113-H12117 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), consideration (H. Res. 239), H4277-H4286 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), corrections in engrossment, H4324 [20MY]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to instruct conferees, H10463-H10469 [6NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), motion to recommit, H4322-H4324 [20MY]

———limit Federal authority in the judicial review of hazardous fuel reduction projects for forests, H4322-H4324 [20MY], H12170 [21NO]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, H9061 [1OC]

Rhode Island: General Assembly's passage of fire safety legislation, E1453 [11JY]

Safety: improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (H. Con. Res. 85), H1701-H1704 [11MR], E421 [11MR]

Taxation: treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (H.R. 1824), E1453 [11JY]

Remarks in Senate

California: impact of wildfires, S13341, S13372 [28OC], S13480 [29OC], S13616, S13651 [30OC]

———prevent implementation of air emission requirements for small engines that would require the addition of devices that are potential fire hazards to such engines, S14467-S14470 [12NO], S14928-S14932 [17NO]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (S. 620), S3737 [13MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide borrowing authority for fire suppression and conduct hazardous fuels reduction and burned area restoration on non-Federal lands, S13601-S13605 [30OC]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, S4353 [25MR]

Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program, S7127 [23MY]

———establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (S. 544), S3194-S3196 [5MR]

———wildland firefighter safety funding, S13631-S13633 [30OC]

Forest Service: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding, S9217, S9218 [10JY], S9933-S9935 [25JY], S10840 [31JY], S11731 [22SE]

Forests: require collaborative monitoring of forest health projects, S13609 [30OC]

———Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program funding, S15370 [21NO]

GAO: require study on costs and benefits of alternatives in environmental assessments and impact statements relative to hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13624-S13626 [30OC]

National Burn Awareness Week: observance, S1967 [5FE]

National forests: ensure protection of old-growth forests, S13621-S13624 [30OC], S15376-S15379 [21NO]

Public lands: hazardous fuels reduction projects in wildland-urban interface funding, S13617-S13621 [30OC]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, S6702 [20MY], S11520 [16SE]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), S8362 [23JN], S12859-S12864 [20OC], S12997 [22OC], S13072, S13073, S13075, S13125, S13126 [23OC], S13254-S13256 [27OC], S13341, S13372 [28OC], S13435-S13485 [29OC], S13600-S13611, S13613, S13616-S13637, S13696 [30OC], S13786, S13794, S13796 [3NO], S13847-S13849 [4NO], S14086 [6NO], S15212, S15217 [20NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), conference report, S15368-S15373, S15376-S15379 [21NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (H.R. 1904), unanimous-consent request, S12859 [20OC], S13073, S13074 [23OC], S13476 [29OC], S13830, S13831 [3NO], S13890 [4NO]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (S. 1449), S9799-S9801 [23JY]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Dept. of the Interior, S4242 [21MR]

———provide five-year authority for changes in hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13626-S13631 [30OC]

———require treatment of slash and other long term fuels management for hazardous fuels reduction projects, S13608 [30OC]

———wildfire prevention and management funding, S11558 [16SE], S11719 [18SE], S11816 [23SE], S13253-S13256 [27OC]

Safety: establish comprehensive fire safety standards for upholstered furniture, mattresses, bedclothing, and candles (S. 1798), S13661-S13663 [30OC]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1314), S8362-S8365 [23JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1352), S8745 [26JN]

———expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities (S. 1453), S9907 [24JY]

———improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings (H. Con. Res. 85), S3760, S3761 [13MR]

Taxation: treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (S. 1566), S10915 [1AU]

Terrorism: improve building and fire codes and standards, strengthen the private security industry, and create a safer environment in commercial buildings and industrial facilities (S. 216), S1492 [23JA]

Reports

Forest Service—Information on Appeals and Litigation Involving Fuels Reduction Activities: GAO, S13473 [29OC]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 457) (H. Rept. 108-388), H11700 [20NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 239) (H. Rept. 108-109), H4253 [19MY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act Appropriations: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 2692) (H. Rept. 108-245), H7837 [3SE]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-386), H11700 [20NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (H.R. 1904) (S. Rept. 108-121), S10616 [31JY]

———Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H3972 [9MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1904) (H. Rept. 108-96), H4253 [19MY]

Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H7084 [17JY], H8174 [10SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1038) (H. Rept. 108-218), H8222 [15SE]

Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2696) (H. Rept. 108-397), H12306 [21NO]

Tribute to Rick Lupe: Committee on Resources (House) (H. Con. Res. 237) (H. Rept. 108-343), H10338 [4NO]

Statements

Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Reduction Activities Funding: Forest Service, S10841 [31JY]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: Executive Office of the President, S13453 [29OC]

Summaries

Forest Restoration and Fire Risk Reduction Act (H.R. 1042), E326 [27FE]

Forest Service Budget: Executive Office of the President, S13618 [30OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 85, improve fire safety in nonresidential buildings, H1701 [11MR]

H. Con. Res. 237, tribute to Rick Lupe, H10304 [4NO]

H. Res. 239, consideration of H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H4277 [20MY]

H. Res. 457, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H12113 [21NO]

H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, S13441-S13449 [29OC], S13719-S13734 [31OC], H4287, H4292-H4298 [20MY]

S. 544, Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act, S3195 [5MR]

S. 620, College Fire Prevention Act, S3738 [13MR]

S. 833, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act, S5069 [9AP]

S. 1314, Collaborative Forest Health Act, S8363-S8365 [23JN]

S. 1352, Community and Forest Protection Act, S8741-S8745 [26JN]

S. 1798, American Home Fire Safety Act, S13662 [30OC]