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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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.
Dec 13, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1