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Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023

S. 21 · 118th Congress · Jan 23, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term at-risk community.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023”.

Sec. 2 Definition of at-risk community

Section 101(1)(A) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(1)(A)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “is comprised of—” in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through “a group” in clause (ii) and inserting “comprises a group”; and
(2)
by striking “within or adjacent to Federal land;” and inserting a semicolon.