Recognizing the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis.

H. Res. 803 · 116th Congress · Jan 16, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

recognizes the value of the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis;

(2)

recognizes the efforts and bravery of Australian firefighters who have not only risked their lives to fight wildfires in their own country but also helped contain several dangerous wildfires in North America;

(3)

recognizes the efforts and bravery of American firefighters who have not only risked their lives to fight wildfires in their own country but have also provided their services to combat the bushfires currently ravaging the Australian continent;

(4)

expresses full support for the people of Australia during the ongoing bushfire crisis;

(5)

supports continued partnership between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and United States Federal agencies to share research, technology, and best practices related to wildfire mitigation and suppression; and

(6)

supports continued cooperation and greater collaboration between Australia and the United States to mitigate the underlying factors driving extended and more intense wildfire years in both countries.

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Jan 16, 2020viewing Introduced in House Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Takano, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Bera, Mr. Bost, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Cook, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Correa, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Vela, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Case, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Walden, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Costa, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Rouda, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Bass, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Trone, Mr. Kind, Mr. Horsford, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Ms. Waters, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Weber of Texas, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Heck, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Thompson of California, and Mr. McNerney) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Recognizing the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis.

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