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HR 7315 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Emergency planning and evacuation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation State and local government operations

Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act

Introduced: December 13, 2018 Introduced by: Westerman, Bruce Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Dec 13, 2018
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.
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Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act

This bill

  • sets forth categorical exclusions of specified forest management activities from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement,
  • gives the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management direct authority to carry out activities to reduce hazardous fuels and risk for loss of human life and property within the wildland-urban interface,
  • requires (currently authorizes) the Department of Agriculture to cooperate with state foresters and equivalent state officials for certain forest management and wildfire prevention purposes,
  • modifies the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program, and
  • makes permanent the authorization for such cooperative purposes and program.
What's happening now December 13, 2018

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
Cheney, Liz
· Dec 13, 2018
Gianforte, Greg
· Dec 13, 2018
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Dec 13, 2018
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LaMalfa, Doug
California · Dec 13, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7315: Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7315/
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"H.R. 7315: Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7315/.
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H.R. 7315, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7315/.
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