Wildfire Response Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 24, 2002 Executive Comment Received from Interior.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the appropriate Secretary to notify Congress, with reasons why, whenever using this Act to expedite such a procurement.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2002 to Jul 22, 2002; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Original | Jul 11, 2002 |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Original | Jul 11, 2002 |
| R-CO | Scott McInnis | Original | Jul 11, 2002 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Jul 11, 2002 |
| R-PA | John E. Peterson | Jul 22, 2002 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2002 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 16, 2002 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2002 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 16, 2002 | |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 16, 2002Hearings Oct 10, 2002 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2002 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2002 |
| Military Procurement Subcommittee | Referred Aug 1, 2002 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2002Executive Comment Received from Interior.
- Oct 10, 2002Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Aug 1, 2002Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- Aug 1, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
- Jul 16, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- Jul 16, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Jul 16, 2002Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
- Jul 16, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Jul 11, 2002Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2002Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-157 | H.R. 5102, H.R. 5185 and H.R. 551347 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Oct 10, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expedite the process by which the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may utilize military aircraft to fight wildfires, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Wildfire Response Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
