Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013

H.R. 1345 · 113th Congress · Mar 21, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development, and for other purposes.

1. Short title and table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

2. Purposes

The purposes of this Act are as follows:

(1)

Provide the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior the tools to reduce the potential for wildfires.

(2)

Expedite wildfire prevention projects to reduce the chances of wildfire on certain high-risk Federal lands.

(3)

Reduce threats to endangered species from wildfires.

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Mar 21, 2013viewing Introduced in House Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Amodei, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Walden, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill; which was 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

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013

1. Short title and table of contents

2. Purposes

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