H.R. 1567 - 118th Congress (2023-2024) - ACRES Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activity.

Hazardous fuels reduction activity means any vegetation management activity to reduce the risk of wildfire but excludes a wildland fire managed for resource benefits and the award of contracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities.

Specifically, USDA and Interior must

include in the materials submitted in support of the President's budget each fiscal year a report on the number of acres on which such activities were carried out during the preceding year, and
implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to such activities.

The standardized procedures must include

regular, standardized data reviews of the accuracy and timely input of data used to track hazardous fuels reduction activities;
verification methods that validate whether such data accurately correlates to such activities;
an analysis of the short- and long-term effectiveness of such activities on reducing the risk of wildfire; and
for hazardous fuels reduction activities that occur partially within the wildland-urban interface, methods to distinguish which acres are located within and which located outside the wildland-urban interface.

The Government Accountability Office shall (1) conduct a study on this bill's implementation, and (2) submit a report to Congress with the results of the study.

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09/14/2023

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

09/13/2023

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

09/13/2023

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 4 (Roll no. 386). (text: 9/12/2023 CR H4249)

09/13/2023

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 4 (Roll no. 386). (text: 9/12/2023 CR H4249)

09/13/2023

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4276-4277)

09/12/2023

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

09/12/2023

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1567.

09/12/2023

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4249-4251)

09/12/2023

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

09/08/2023

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.

09/08/2023

Committee on Agriculture discharged.

09/08/2023

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-186, Part I.

04/28/2023

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

04/28/2023

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

04/28/2023

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.

04/05/2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.

03/23/2023

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

03/22/2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

03/10/2023

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

03/10/2023

Introduced in House

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Nov 8, 2024 8:07:19 PM