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SENATE 2150117th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021

Last Action
6/21/2022

Actions

  • 2022-06-21Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
  • 2022-06-21Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-121.
  • 2022-06-21Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-121.
  • 2021-07-14Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2021-06-21Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2021-06-21Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2022-06-21 (25)

Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021

This bill directs the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to jointly establish a commission to study and make recommendations to improve federal policies relating to wildland fire prevention, mitigation, suppression, management, and rehabilitation.

The Department of Defense and other relevant federal departments and agencies must submit to the commission an inventory of surplus cargo and passenger aircraft and excess common-use aircraft parts that may be used for wildland firefighting purposes.

Cosponsors (1)

  • Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Fires
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Land use and conservation
  • Natural disasters
  • Public utilities and utility rates
  • Urban and suburban affairs and development
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