S 2670 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Wildfire Prevention Act of 2002

Introduced Jun 24, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Jon Kyl R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 22, 2002 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 24, 2002
  2. Passed SenateNov 20, 2002
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Wildfire Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to: (1) establish three Institutes (one each in Arizona (at Northern Arizona University), New Mexico, and Colorado) to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires in the interior West (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah), and improve the health of forest and woodland ecosystems; and (2) provide assistance to the Institutes to promote the use of such management.

Defines adaptive ecosystem management as a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that is: (1) based on scientific findings and the needs of society; and (2) used to modify future management methods and policy.

Prescribes requirements for cooperation among the Institutes and Federal programs relating to ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and wildfire management technologies.

Authorizes appropriations.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2002 to Jul 17, 2002, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-COBen Nighthorse CampbellOriginalJun 24, 2002
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalJun 24, 2002
R-NMPete V. DomeniciOriginalJun 24, 2002
R-COWayne AllardOriginalJun 24, 2002
R-AZJohn McCainJul 17, 2002

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  2. Nov 22, 2002Received in the House.
  3. Nov 22, 2002Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  4. Nov 22, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
  5. Nov 22, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5086Wildfire Prevention Act of 2002Identical billJul 15, 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

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