Congress 107 - HR 5102 - Wildfire Response Act of 2002

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Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Emergency Management Fire prevention Forest fires Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Military aircraft Military civic action Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Wildfire Response Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to procure the services of military aircraft (and of Armed Forces personnel to operate and maintain it) to fight a wildfire without (as required by specified Federal procurement law) first comparing the cost and convenience of procuring such services from the Armed Forces to the cost of procuring the same services from a commercial enterprise.

Requires the appropriate Secretary to notify Congress, with reasons why, whenever using this Act to expedite such a procurement.

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Oct 24, 2002

Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Oct 10, 2002

Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 1, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
Aug 1, 2002

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jul 16, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jul 16, 2002

Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Jul 16, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jul 16, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Jul 11, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, Government Reform, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 11, 2002

Introduced in House

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