S 2471
107th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Labor and Employment
National forests
Occupational health and safety
A bill to provide for the independent investigation of Federal wildland firefighter fatalities.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 18, 2002
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-762.
May 8, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 8, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4066)
May 8, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Requires the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, in each case of a fatality of a firefighter employed by any agency of the Department that occurs due to wildfire entrapment or burnover, to: (1) conduct an investigation of the fatality that does not rely on, and is completely independent of, any investigation conducted by an agency under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) report to the Secretary and Congress about it.
Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture, in each case of a fatality of a firefighter employed by the Forest Service that occurs due to wildfire entrapment or burnover, to: (1) conduct an investigation of the fatality that does not rely on, and is completely independent of, any investigation conducted by the Forest Service; and (2) report to the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress.
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-762.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1