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To reduce the risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests.

USA115th CongressHR-4208| House 
| Updated: 11/16/2017
Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (1)
Mark E. Amodei (Republican)

Federal Lands Subcommittee, Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Wildland Fires Act of 2017 This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a cost review each fiscal year of each wildfire covering an area greater than 100,000 acres. Appropriations for wildfire management operations in USDA's or Interior's Wildland Fire Management accounts that are not expended for a fiscal year may be available for wildfire risk reduction projects on federal land. Interior and USDA shall: (1) publish a map depicting at-risk communities (as re-defined by this bill), including tribal communities; and (2) furnish financial assistance to such communities adjacent to federal land for wildfire planning and preparations. Interior and USDA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to reduce the risk of wildfires to communities in the wildland-urban interface and reestablish natural fire regimes outside such interface, and (2) implement the program to treat specified federal land composed primarily of ponderosa or Jeffrey pines by September 30, 2027. The bill establishes the Pilot Monitoring Committee to monitor the impacts on wildfire risk and the ecological effects of the projects being implemented under such program. Interior and USDA: (1) may issue stewardship contracts or enter into stewardship agreements for up to 10 years to conduct prescribed fires on federal lands, and (2) shall establish a pilot program for awarding contracts or agreements of up to 20 years to carry out restoration projects or hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal lands. The National Forest Foundation shall establish a program to certify as a collaborative a group of interested persons that is interested in assisting USDA and Interior in increasing the quantity of projects or activities such departments carry out on an individual unit of National Forest System land or public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the applicable management plan.
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Oct 19, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-1991
Introduced in Senate
Nov 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Nov 1, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • October 19, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-1991
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • November 1, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • November 9, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.


  • November 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • S 115-1991: A bill to reduce the risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests.
AppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEmergency planning and evacuationExecutive agency funding and structureFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsInsectsPest managementState and local government operations

To reduce the risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests.

USA115th CongressHR-4208| House 
| Updated: 11/16/2017
Wildland Fires Act of 2017 This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a cost review each fiscal year of each wildfire covering an area greater than 100,000 acres. Appropriations for wildfire management operations in USDA's or Interior's Wildland Fire Management accounts that are not expended for a fiscal year may be available for wildfire risk reduction projects on federal land. Interior and USDA shall: (1) publish a map depicting at-risk communities (as re-defined by this bill), including tribal communities; and (2) furnish financial assistance to such communities adjacent to federal land for wildfire planning and preparations. Interior and USDA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to reduce the risk of wildfires to communities in the wildland-urban interface and reestablish natural fire regimes outside such interface, and (2) implement the program to treat specified federal land composed primarily of ponderosa or Jeffrey pines by September 30, 2027. The bill establishes the Pilot Monitoring Committee to monitor the impacts on wildfire risk and the ecological effects of the projects being implemented under such program. Interior and USDA: (1) may issue stewardship contracts or enter into stewardship agreements for up to 10 years to conduct prescribed fires on federal lands, and (2) shall establish a pilot program for awarding contracts or agreements of up to 20 years to carry out restoration projects or hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal lands. The National Forest Foundation shall establish a program to certify as a collaborative a group of interested persons that is interested in assisting USDA and Interior in increasing the quantity of projects or activities such departments carry out on an individual unit of National Forest System land or public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in accordance with the applicable management plan.
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Timeline
Oct 19, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-1991
Introduced in Senate
Nov 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Nov 1, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • October 19, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-1991
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • November 1, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • November 9, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.


  • November 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mike Thompson

Mike Thompson

Democratic Representative

California

Cosponsors (1)
Mark E. Amodei (Republican)

Federal Lands Subcommittee, Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • S 115-1991: A bill to reduce the risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEmergency planning and evacuationExecutive agency funding and structureFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsInsectsPest managementState and local government operations