FIRE PREVENTION

Bills and resolutions

Air Force: facilitate interagency agreements with the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires (see H.R. 6639), H6675 [5DE]

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 549), S6108 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide for transfer of excess aircraft to the Forest Service for wildfire suppression activities (see S. 3441), S5381 [25JY] (see H.R. 6248), H5628 [1AU]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see S. 3409), S5212 [19JY] (see H.R. 5744), H2712 [15MY]

——— extend stewardship end result contracting authority for projects to improve land management and reduce fire hazards in national forests (see H.R. 4396), H1977 [18AP]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see S. 3585), S6545 [20SE] (see H.R. 6306), H5705 [2AU]

Firefighters: implement updated pay and personnel policies to improve recruitment and retention of qualified Federal wildland firefighters to reduce reliance on non-Federal wildfire resources (see H.R. 6092), H4774 [10JY]

——— modify training requirements for certain fire departments applying for Federal grants (see H.R. 5900), H3577 [6JN]

Forest Service: allow award of certain contracts for large air tankers (see S. 3261), S3688 [4JN]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 6089), H4684 [9JY]

——— improve response to insect infestations and forest diseases, change the Healthy Forests Reserve Program funding source, codify stewardship end result contracting, and improve post fire rehabilitation (see H.R. 5960), H3806 [19JN]

Lincoln County, NV: facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects (see H.R. 6453), H6231 [20SE]

National Association of State Fire Marshals: recognize efforts to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications (see S. Res. 483), S3782 [6JN] (see H. Res. 638), H2274 [27AP]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see S. 2277), S2243 [29MR] (see H.R. 4331), H1804 [29MR]

Public lands: expedite authorizations for private landowners to conduct vegetation removal on National Forest System or BLM lands to reduce risk of wildfires that would threaten residential structures (see H.R. 6519), H6275 [21SE]

Tariff: zinc diethylphosphinate (see H.R. 4837), H2204 [26AP]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (see S. 2218), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 6229), H5330 [30JY]

Remarks in House

Campus Fire Safety Month: observance, E1554 [19SE]

Climate: impact of extreme weather events, H4778 [11JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: enter into contracts with States to treat insect-infested trees and clear hazardous fuel to prevent wildfires, H3785 [19JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs, H7367, H7368 [20DE]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3535, H3536 [6JN], E1003 [6JN], E1029 [8JN], E1998 [21DE]

Forest Service: allow award of certain contracts for large air tankers (S. 3261), H3691 [8JN]

——— improve forest management and reduce hazardous fuels, H3970–H3972 [21JN]

Government regulations: exempt OSHA from certain obstacles in establishing safety regulations to prevent combustible dust and fire explosions, H5275, H5276 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations that protect the public from extreme weather events from regulatory freeze, H5260 [25JY]

Hazleton, PA: anniversary of Pioneer Fire Dept., E583 [19AP]

Kansas State Firefighters Association: anniversary, E1390 [2AU]

Lumberton, TX: anniversary of Lumberton Fire and EMS, E469 [28MR]

National Fire Protection Association: issuance of new standards for gas process safety following Kleen Energy Plant disaster, E943 [31MY]

National forests: improve land management and reduce fire hazards, H1981 [19AP]

West Caldwell, NJ: anniversary of West Caldwell Volunteer Fire Dept., E1475 [11SE]

Woodbridge, VA: tribute to Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Volunteer Fire Dept., E323 [6MR]

Woodbury, MN: tribute to Woodbury Fire Dept., E244 [27FE]

Remarks in Senate

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 549), S6238 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide for transfer of excess aircraft to the Forest Service for wildfire suppression activities (S. 3441), S5964 [2AU]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: extend stewardship end result contracting authority for projects to improve land management and reduce fire hazards in national forests, S3891 [11JN], S3968 [12JN], S4399 [21JN]

FEMA: improve provision of assistance to fire departments, S7167 [29NO]

Forest Service: allow award of certain contracts for large air tankers (S. 3261), S3720 [5JN], S3870, S3871 [7JN]

——— FLAME wildfire suppression reserve fund funding, S4661 [27JN]

——— hazardous fuel reduction projects funding, S4660 [27JN]

——— reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation treatment of national forests and adjacents lands, S4127 [13JN], S4660 [27JN]

——— wildland fire management funding, S8128 [18DE], S8429, S8430, S8444 [27DE], S8464 [28DE]

Forests: trees killed by bark beetles removal funding, S3891 [11JN], S4339 [20JN]

Kansas State Firefighters Association: anniversary, S5970 [2AU]

National Association of State Fire Marshals: recognize efforts to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications (S. Res. 483), S5090 [17JY]

U.S. Fire Administration: reauthorize (S. 2218), S1938 [21MR]

Reports filed

Arizona Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1344) (S. Rept. 112–126), S42 [23JA]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 432) (S. Rept. 112–148), S388 [7FE]

U.S. Fire Administration Reauthorization: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2218) (S. Rept. 112–180), S4950 [12JY]

Texts of

S. 3261, allow Forest Service to award certain contracts for large air tankers, S3871 [7JN], H3691 [8JN]

S. Res. 483, recognize efforts of National Association of State Fire Marshals to raise awareness of proper bonding for yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to National Fire Protection Association specifications, S3782 [6JN], S5090 [17JY]

S. Res. 549, Campus Fire Safety Month, S6110, S6238 [11SE]