Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

S. 2068 · 115th Congress · Nov 2, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To discourage litigation against the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management relating to land management projects, to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, to address the forest health crisis on National Forest System land, to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017”.

(b)

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

Sec. 2 Definition of Secretary

In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.

Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Definition of Secretary

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