US SB4625 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on September 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-18 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-18 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, and for other purposes.
Title
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020
Sponsors
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV] | Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA] | Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-11-18 | Senate | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. |
2020-09-17 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Marketing and advertising
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Public lands and natural resources
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Air quality
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Marketing and advertising
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Public lands and natural resources
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4625/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4625/BILLS-116s4625is.pdf |