HR8656-118

Introduced

To provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 7, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Education.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDDFE872ECD724BCA9B442C23237C139D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024.
  • Section HBE32B59345494EF797F1AC844AA2EEE0: 2. Table of Contents The table of contents for this Act is the following:
  • Section H44302B3C0F364EB89BF44882A657DB01: 3. Definition of Report In this Act, the term Report means the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, dated September 2023.
  • Section H736B9A7F15EF4E77AC14CE15A9CFBC90: 101. Middle Fire Leaders Academy (Report Recommendation 55) Not later than a 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Forest...
  • Section HCF0691144A374FA0BA009B2FAF78E551: 102. Wildfire workforce grant program (Report Recommendation 88) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for the implementation of certain recommendations from the Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 7, 2024

Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. Scott Franklin of …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Education
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration
"administrator_of_fema"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"excess funds for management costs" §H42DFE67753214991964D6A75E814FFD3

the difference between— the amount of the applicable specific management costs authorized under subsection (b)(1) and subsection (b)(2)(B)

"Federal wildland firefighter" §HEA482632FA3B447E8D639C81647157EF

a person who is— in a temporary, seasonal, or permanent position at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior or as a Tribal firefighter who

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