CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tom McClintock (R-CA)

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes.

H.R. 178 · House bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Republican bill with 8 Republican cosponsors · See all 9 cosponsors

Last activity — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-429, Part I.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill requires the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to perform specific activities to suppress wildfires on covered National Forest System lands. The mandate includes using all available resources to extinguish detected wildfires within 24 hours. It also requires the immediate suppression of any prescribed fire that exceeds its prescription. Additionally, the bill dictates how backfires or burnouts may be initiated and managed. The scope of these requirements applies specifically to lands meeting certain drought or wildfire exposure criteria.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill mandates rapid suppression of wildfires and controls on backfires to better protect forest lands and wildlife.

  • Scored +4

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The bill aims to reduce the threat of large-scale wildfires that can impact rural communities and their local economies.

  • Scored +3

    Does this invest in rural communities?

    By aggressively managing wildfires on National Forest lands, the bill helps protect the natural resources central to rural economies.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.