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National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4625| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2020
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (3)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to significantly increase the number and size of prescribed fires conducted on federal lands. Before the end of FY2022, Interior and USDA shall each have carried out a minimum of one prescribed fire on each unit of the National Forest System (with exceptions), unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, unit of the National Park System, and Bureau of Land Management district (1) that includes an area that has a historical low-severity fire regime, has a historical fire-return interval of not more than 35 years, and is larger than 100 acres; and (2) less than half of which was burned by a wildland fire during the previous 10-year period. Interior shall establish a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to conduct prescribed fires in priority landscapes. Interior shall establish an incentive program to encourage the implementation of large, cross-boundary prescribed fires. Interior and USDA shall hire additional employees and provide training to increase the number of skilled and qualified prescribed fire practitioners in the departments and other organizations. To address the public health and safety risk of the expanded use of prescribed fire, USDA and Interior shall conduct research to improve or develop, among other things, cost-effective, and consistent mitigation strategies for communities impacted adversely by smoke from prescribed fire.
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Timeline
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 18, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
  • September 17, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 17, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • November 18, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityGovernment trust fundsIndian lands and resources rightsIntergovernmental relationsMarketing and advertisingParks, recreation areas, trailsPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsTemporary and part-time employmentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWages and earningsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4625| Senate 
| Updated: 11/18/2020
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to significantly increase the number and size of prescribed fires conducted on federal lands. Before the end of FY2022, Interior and USDA shall each have carried out a minimum of one prescribed fire on each unit of the National Forest System (with exceptions), unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, unit of the National Park System, and Bureau of Land Management district (1) that includes an area that has a historical low-severity fire regime, has a historical fire-return interval of not more than 35 years, and is larger than 100 acres; and (2) less than half of which was burned by a wildland fire during the previous 10-year period. Interior shall establish a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to conduct prescribed fires in priority landscapes. Interior shall establish an incentive program to encourage the implementation of large, cross-boundary prescribed fires. Interior and USDA shall hire additional employees and provide training to increase the number of skilled and qualified prescribed fire practitioners in the departments and other organizations. To address the public health and safety risk of the expanded use of prescribed fire, USDA and Interior shall conduct research to improve or develop, among other things, cost-effective, and consistent mitigation strategies for communities impacted adversely by smoke from prescribed fire.
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Timeline
Sep 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 18, 2020
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
  • September 17, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 17, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • November 18, 2020
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-382.
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Cosponsors (3)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)

Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, treesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityGovernment trust fundsIndian lands and resources rightsIntergovernmental relationsMarketing and advertisingParks, recreation areas, trailsPublic contracts and procurementState and local government operationsTemporary and part-time employmentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWages and earningsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats