wildfire risk
H.R. 7666
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7666
Committee Name
Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
LaMalfa
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Cal.
Issue
5
Volume
54
Update Issue
9
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H1179

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a strategy to increase opportunities to utilize livestock grazing as a means of wildfire risk reduction.

H.R. 8449
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8449
Committee Name
Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Schrier
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Wash.
Issue
9
Volume
52
Update Issue
21
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. H6922

would establish and maintain a coordinated program within NOAA that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing needs in the wildland-urban interface.

S. 4237
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4237
Committee Name
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Cantwell
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Wash.
Issue
7
Volume
52
Update Issue
15
Update Volume
52
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
168 Cong. Rec. S2544

would establish and maintain a coordinated program within NOAA that improves wildfire, fire weather, fire risk, and smoke related forecasting, detection, modeling, observations, and service delivery, and to address growing needs in the wildland-urban interface.

S. 704
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Wyden
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Or.
Issue
5
Volume
51
Update Issue
9
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. S1500

would require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to improve the resiliency of the power grid to natural disasters and reduce the risk of wildfires caused by power lines.

S. 4931
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Wyden
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Or.
Issue
2
Volume
51
Update Issue
35
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S7139

would require the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by power lines.

Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk
E.O. 13855
12/21/2018
84 Fed. Reg. 45 (Jan. 7, 2019)

Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

84 FR 45
01/07/2019
Update Type
Notices

The president issued Exec. Order No. 13855, Promoting Active Management of America's Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk; the order directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to implement policies and develop plans to manage fire risk across landscapes and reduce hazardous fuels through active forest management.

84 FR 45
Volume
49
Issue
3
Update Volume
49
Update Issue
2
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