Wildfire Resilient Communities Act
This bill allocates $30 billion in federal funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal lands adjacent to at-risk communities and high-value watersheds, aiming to reduce wildfire risks by removing flammable vegetation through methods like prescribed fire and thinning. It also establishes a County Stewardship Fund, directing 25% of receipts from federal wildfire management contracts to counties for local use, and reauthorizes forest restoration programs with updated provisions for collaborative landscape projects. The funding prioritizes areas with very high wildfire hazard potential or within fire regimes classified under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. These changes directly affect communities in wildfire-prone regions and local governments managing federal land contracts.
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Sep 2023
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Introduced Sep 7, 2023
Last action Sep 7, 2023
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Sep 7, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Sep 7, 2023
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
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Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
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Ron Wyden
DDemocratic
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