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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.

Introduced: May 8, 2002 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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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
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4066)
May 8, 2002
Introduced in Senate
May 8, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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 June 18, 2002

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 107-762.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3971 Related bill To provide for an independent investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths that are caused by wildfire entrapment…
 Bill text 1 version

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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 17, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2471: A bill to provide for the independent investigation of Federal wildland firefighter fatalities.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2471/
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