HR 5185
107th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wildfire Response Enhancement Act
Introduced: July 23, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 2002
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Oct 10, 2002
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 31, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jul 31, 2002
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Jul 31, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 31, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Jul 23, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Government Reform, 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.
Jul 23, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Wildfire Response Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to place an order with any Federal agency for goods or services directly related to fighting wildfires if the goods or services are necessary to properly respond to a wildfire without regard to a provision requiring a prior determination that the goods or services cannot be provided by contract as conveniently or cheaply by a commercial enterprise.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Cosponsors
1