Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 16, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to discharge a fire retardant, a chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention activities.
No National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit shall be required for such activities or for similar activities conducted by the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a state or political subdivision thereof, or a tribal government.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2023 to Sep 18, 2024; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Mar 14, 2023 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Mar 17, 2023 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Mar 17, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Mar 17, 2023 | |
| R-CA | John S. Duarte | Mar 17, 2023 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Apr 26, 2023 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 25, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jul 17, 2023 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-CO | Greg Lopez | Sep 18, 2024 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2023Discharged Nov 15, 2023Markup Nov 15, 2023Reported Dec 16, 2024 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2023Discharged Nov 15, 2023 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2023Discharged May 17, 2023Markup May 17, 2023Reported Oct 25, 2024 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2023Hearings Mar 23, 2023Discharged May 17, 2023 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2023Discharged Dec 16, 2024 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2023 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-721, Part II.
- Dec 16, 2024Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Dec 16, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
- Oct 25, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-721, Part I.
- Nov 15, 2023Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2670 | Doug LaMalfa R-CA | May 31, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2182 | Doug LaMalfa R-CA | May 10, 2023 |
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.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 21, 2024H.R. 1586, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on November 15, 2023
- Jun 29, 2023H.R. 1586, Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 17, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 47, March 14, 2023, page H1287.
Printed hearings 4
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. 118-24 | REVIEW OF FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET REQUEST: AGENCY PERSPECTIVES (PART 2)122 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 13, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-17 | THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT: EXAMINING THE LAW AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT COMPLETION90 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | May 16, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-28 | OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES FACING FOREST MANAGEMENT, WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION, AND WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS AHEAD OF THE 2023 WILDFIRE YEAR79 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 16, 2023 |
| Serial No. 118-9 | H.R. 200, "Forest Information Reform (FIR) Act"; H.R. 1473, "Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act"; H.R. 1567, "Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act"; and H.R. 1586, "Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023"117 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Mar 23, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 796 | Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention activities.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 14, 2023Introduced 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.
