FIRE PREVENTION related term(s) Wildfires

Bills and resolutions

Copyrights: ensure that safety standards developed by standards development organizations do not lose copyright protection by virtue of having been incorporated by reference into law or regulation (see S. 835), S825 [16MR] (see H.R. 1631), H1292 [17MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish pilot program for establishment and use of pre-fire suppression stand density index (see S. 2132), S2222 [22JN]

——— expedite hazardous fuel or insect and disease risk reduction projects on certain National Forest System lands (see S. 808), S798 [15MR]

——— permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting timber sale (see S. 2269), S2360 [12JY] (see H.R. 6012), H5038 [20OC]

——— provide for cost-share waivers for projects carried out in response to wildland fires caused by certain Government actions (see S. 2353), S2984 [18JY] (see H.R. 4920), H4029 [26JY]

——— reauthorize Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program (see S. 2558), S3752 [27JY] (see H.R. 5031), H4140 [27JY]

——— select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects to assist communities in increasing resilience to wildfire (see S. 188), S172 [31JA] (see S. 1715), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 3439), H2425 [17MY]

Dept. of Energy: carry out demonstration program for projects that improve electric grid resilience relative to wildfires (see H.R. 3615), H2546 [23MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant program for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing (see S. 2600), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 5064), H4141 [27JY]

——— require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units (see H.R. 4203), H2964 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: establish per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) replacement program at certain airports (see H.R. 5356), H4229 [8SE]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: codify authority to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects to assist communities in increasing resilience to wildfire (see S. 199), S203 [1FE] (see H.R. 674), H575 [31JA]

——— report on amount of waste collected on Federal land along southern border and implement policies to prevent and mitigate environmental degradation due to illegal immigration (see H.R. 6208), H5363 [2NO]

——— require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (see H.R. 188), H105 [9JA]

——— submit accurate reports on hazardous fuels reduction activities (see H.R. 1567), H1279 [10MR]

EPA: exempt discharges of fire retardant by Federal agencies, State and local governments, and Tribal governments from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements (see S. 796), S772 [14MR] (see H.R. 1586), H1285 [14MR]

FAA: provide progress reports on development and implementation of national transition plan related to fluorine-free firefighting foam (see S. 1929), S2050 [12JN] (see H.R. 5355), H4228 [8SE]

FEMA: allow State or local governments to use fire management assistance grants for pre-deployment of assets and resources and modify fire management assistance cost share (see S. 479), S456 [16FE]

——— provide grants for fire station construction (see S. 977), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 1814), H1464 [27MR]

Forest Service: carry out activities to suppress wildfires (see H.R. 934), H824 [9FE]

——— establish arbitration as alternative dispute resolution process for certain objections or protests to qualified forest management activities (see H.R. 636), H510 [30JA]

——— reauthorize Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (see S. 202), S203 [1FE] (see H.R. 4197), H2964 [16JN]

——— update forest inventory and analysis program strategic plan to include expanded data collection and integrated advanced remote sensing technology (see S. 1743), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3990), H2787 [9JN]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act: amend relative to third-party contracts for wildfire hazard fuel removal (see H.R. 4717), H3699 [18JY]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: amend short title in honor of Dianne Feinstein (see H.R. 6081), H5173 [26OC]

——— reauthorize (see S. 612), S569 [1MR] (see H.R. 1274), H1047 [1MR]

National Firefighter Safety Week: designate (see S. Res. 281), S2226 [22JN]

Natural Resources Conservation Service: allow watershed rehabilitation work after wildfires, carried out before project is approved, to count toward sponsor’s required financial contribution to overall project (see S. 757), S743 [9MR] (see H.R. 1670), H1300 [21MR]

NOAA: establish program to improve fire weather and fire environment forecasting, detection, and local collaboration (see H.R. 4866), H3949 [25JY]

——— maintain program that improves wildfire forecasting and detection (see H.R. 550), H426 [26JA]

Public lands: establish emergency fireshed management areas on public lands to prevent catastrophic wildfires (see S. 1719), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 3522), H2454 [18MY]

——— provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land (see S. 2749), S4270 [7SE] (see H.R. 6525), H6049 [30NO]

Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act: require establishment of additional Institute (see S. 2151), S2223 [22JN]

Taxation: provide credit for disaster mitigation expenditures (see S. 2106), S2221 [22JN] (see H.R. 4305), H3109 [22JN]

——— provide refundable credit for wildfire mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 6861), H6997 [19DE]

Wildfire Preparedness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 343), H2118 [28AP]

Wildfires: improve Federal activities relating to wildfires (see S. 1764), S1843 [31MY] (see H.R. 482), H277 [24JA]

——— improve Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks (see H.R. 4584), H3476 [12JY]

——— modify definition of term ‘‘at-risk community’’ (see S. 21), S54 [23JA]

——— provide direct hire authority to appoint individuals to Federal wildland firefighting and firefighting support positions (see S. 3268), S5458 [9NO] (see H.R. 3499), H2454 [18MY]

——— provide for removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas (see S. 3062), S5048 [17OC]

Letters

Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act: Representative Glenn Thompson, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4250 [12SE]

——— Representative Westerman, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H4250 [12SE]

Remarks in House

Animals: benefits of livestock grazing, H5156 [26OC]

BLM: hazardous fuels reduction activities funding through reductions in EPA funding, H5278 [2NO]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: submit accurate reports on hazardous fuels reduction activities (H.R. 1567), H4249–H4251 [12SE], E838 [13SE]

EPA: exempt discharges of fire retardant by Federal agencies, State and local governments, and Tribal governments from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements (H.R. 1586), H2182 [10MY], H2670 [31MY]

Forest Service: active forest management activities funding through reductions in EPA funding, H5278, H5279 [2NO]

——— carry out activities to suppress wildfires, H2716 [5JN]

Government regulations: exempt certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental requirements, H1608, H1609 [29MR]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: amend short title in honor of Dianne Feinstein (H.R. 6081), E1022 [26OC]

Public utilities: establish categorical exclusion for electric utility rights-of-way, H1609, H1610 [29MR]

Wildfires: improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, H320 [25JA]

Woodstock Fire Dept., Inc.: anniversary, H518 [31JA]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: permit removal of trees around electrical lines on National Forest System land without conducting timber sale (S. 2269), S2364 [12JY]

——— select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects to assist communities in increasing resilience to wildfire (S. 188), S174 [31JA]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: make categorical exclusion available for use on certain land by States and Indian Tribes to establish fuel breaks for wildfire prevention, S1156–S1159 [18AP]

FEMA: provide grants for fire station construction, S1279 [20AP]

Wildfires: modify definition of term ‘‘at-risk community’’ (S. 21), S55 [23JA]

Reports filed

Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1567) (H. Rept. 118–186), H4228 [8SE]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior Authority Over Landscape-Scale Forest Restoration Projects To Assist Communities in Increasing Resilience to Wildfire: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 199) (S. Rept. 118–50), S2309 [11JY]

Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 479) (S. Rept. 118–30), S1678 [16MY]

Fire Weather Development Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 4866) (H. Rept. 118–214), H4462 [22SE]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 612) (S. Rept. 118–55), S2310 [11JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1567, Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, H4249 [12SE]

S. 808, Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act, S802 [15MR]

S. Res. 281, National Firefighter Safety Week, S2244 [22JN]