To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Education, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HDB60DDCD4C1A4A459E2F3E8796BD8099: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Emergency Wildfire Act of 2023. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section HC0DC99D73238469C815F2AF2074F9827: 101. Definitions In this title: The term conservation finance agreement means a mutual benefit agreement (excluding a procurement contract, grant, or...
- Section H1F1DDBC0CDD04D6481D67D13172EA7ED: 102. Purpose The purpose of this title is to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and land management projects across the National Forest System...
- Section HE465DD483B524467A513B8B20CA631A8: 103. Conservation finance agreements The Secretary shall establish a pilot program under which the Secretary may enter into a conservation finance agreement...
- Section HAD707292BE74452A86C87DDFB627F1C4: 104. Report evaluating implementation Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Education, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Costa, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a facility that provides services or may be used— to save lives
a career in a field relating to forests and the restoration to the natural fire regimes of forests, including— in timber operations
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through— the regional offices of the State and Private Forestry Deputy Area of the Forest Service
a nonprofit, for-profit, or Federal, State, local, or Tribal governmental entity or individual that— benefits from conservation finance project outcomes
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