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H.R. 204 119th Congress House

ACRES Act

Official title: To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Thomas P. Tiffany Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversightData collection, sharing, protectionFiresForests, forestry, trees
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
Jul 23, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
Mar 4, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 12, 2026
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Jan 22, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 21, 2025
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 21, 2025
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 204.
Jan 21, 2025
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
Jan 21, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
Jan 21, 2025
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H244-246)
Jan 21, 2025
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2025
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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What's happening now July 23, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act or the ACRES Act

This bill establishes requirements regarding reports about hazardous fuels reduction activities and standardized procedures for tracking data for hazardous fuels reduction. Hazardous fuels reduction activities means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire but excludes the award of contracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities.

First, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior must include in the materials submitted in support of the President's budget each fiscal year a report on the number of acres of federal land on which such activities were carried out during the preceding year.

Next, USDA and Interior must implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to such activities. The standardized procedures must include

  • regular, standardized data reviews of the accuracy and timely input of data used to track hazardous fuels reduction activities;
  • verification methods that validate whether such data accurately correlates to such activities;
  • an analysis of the short- and long-term effectiveness of such activities on reducing the risk of wildfire; and
  • for hazardous fuels reduction activities that occur partially within the wildland-urban interface, methods to distinguish which acres are located within and which located outside the wildland-urban interface.

Finally, the Government Accountability Office must (1) conduct a study on this bill's implementation, and (2) submit a report to Congress with the results of the study.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1567 Cross-Congress related bill ACRES Act
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