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HR 5017 107th Congress House International Affairs Administrative responsibility Emergency Management Fire fighters Fire prevention Forest fires Government liability Government liability (International law) International cooperation Law Public Lands and Natural Resources Treaties

To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign…

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To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires.

Introduced: June 26, 2002 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 2002
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.
Jul 11, 2002
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jul 9, 2002
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4375)
Jul 9, 2002
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4375)
Jul 9, 2002
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5017.
Jul 9, 2002
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4375-4378)
Jul 9, 2002
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 9, 2002
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 8, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Jun 28, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 27, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Jun 26, 2002
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, International Relations, and the Judiciary, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act, as amended by the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, as part of any reciprocal agreement with a foreign country for sharing personnel to fight wildfires, to include a provision that personnel furnished under the agreement to provide wildfire presuppression or suppression services will be considered, for tort liability purposes, employees of the country receiving such services when the personnel provide them under the agreement.

Prohibits the Secretaries from entering into any such agreement unless the foreign country (either directly or through the fire organization that is a party to the agreement) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in providing such services under the agreement in the foreign country. Makes remedies provided under the laws of the host country the exclusive remedies for acts or omissions committed while providing services under the agreement.

Declares that neither the firefighter, the sending country, nor any organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any action whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of providing wildfire presuppression or suppression services under such a reciprocal agreement.

What's happening now July 15, 2002

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495.

 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 27, 2002
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 27, 2002
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 27, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5017: To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5017/
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"H.R. 5017: To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5017/.
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H.R. 5017, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5017/.
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