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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 149
1	3		118THCONGRESS
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3	5		STSESSION H. R. 1567
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–186, Part I]
	7	+	To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
	8	+	submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities,
	9	+	and for other purposes.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	MARCH10, 2023
	12	+	Mr. T
	13	+	IFFANYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
	14	+	mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
	15	+	culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
	16	+	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
	17	+	tion of the committee concerned
	18	+	S
	19	+	EPTEMBER8, 2023
	20	+	Additional sponsor: Mr. N
	21	+	EWHOUSE
	22	+	S
	23	+	EPTEMBER8, 2023
	24	+	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
	25	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	26	+	SEPTEMBER8, 2023
	27	+	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the
	28	+	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
	29	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 10, 2023]
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	33	+	A BILL
5	34		To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
6	35		retary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding
7	36		hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other pur-
8	37		poses.
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9	41		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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12		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accurately Counting 2
14		-	Risk Elimination Solutions Act’’ or the ‘‘ACRES Act’’. 3
15		-	SEC. 2. ACCURATE HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION RE-4
16		-	PORTS. 5
	42	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	43	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	44	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accurately Counting 4
	45	+	Risk Elimination Solutions Act’’ or the ‘‘ACRES Act’’. 5
	46	+	SEC. 2. ACCURATE HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION RE-6
	47	+	PORTS. 7
17	48		(a) I
18		-	NCLUSION OFHAZARDOUSFUELSREDUCTION 6
	49	+	NCLUSION OFHAZARDOUSFUELSREDUCTION 8
19	50		R
20		-	EPORT INMATERIALSSUBMITTED INSUPPORT OF THE 7
	51	+	EPORT INMATERIALSSUBMITTED INSUPPORT OF THE 9
21	52		P
22		-	RESIDENT’SBUDGET.— 8
	53	+	RESIDENT’SBUDGET.— 10
23	54		(1) I
24		-	N GENERAL.—Beginning with the first fis-9
25		-	cal year that begins after the date of the enactment 10
26		-	of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Sec-11
27		-	retary concerned shall include in the materials sub-12
28		-	mitted in support of the President’s budget pursuant 13
29		-	to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a re-14
30		-	port on the number of acres of Federal land on 15
31		-	which the Secretary concerned carried out hazardous 16
32		-	fuels reduction activities during the preceding fiscal 17
33		-	year. 18
	55	+	N GENERAL.—Beginning with the first fiscal 11
	56	+	year that begins after the date of the enactment of this 12
	57	+	Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary con-13
	58	+	cerned shall include in the materials submitted in 14
	59	+	support of the President’s budget pursuant to section 15
	60	+	1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the 16
	61	+	number of acres of Federal land on which the Sec-17
	62	+	retary concerned carried out hazardous fuels reduc-18
	63	+	tion activities during the preceding fiscal year. 19
34	64		(2) R
35		-	EQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of the re-19
36		-	port required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 20
37		-	concerned shall— 21
38		-	(A) in determining the number of acres of 22
39		-	Federal land on which the Secretary concerned 23
40		-	carried out hazardous fuels reduction activities 24
41		-	during the period covered by the report— 25 3
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43		-	(i) record acres of Federal land on 1
44		-	which hazardous fuels reduction activities 2
45		-	were completed during such period; and 3
46		-	(ii) record each acre described in 4
47		-	clause (i) once in the report, regardless of 5
48		-	whether multiple hazardous fuels reduction 6
49		-	activities were carried out on such acre 7
50		-	during such period; and 8
51		-	(B) with respect to the acres of Federal 9
52		-	land recorded in the report, include information 10
53		-	on— 11
54		-	(i) which such acres are located in the 12
55		-	wildland-urban interface; 13
56		-	(ii) the level of wildfire risk (high, 14
57		-	moderate, or low) on the first and last day 15
58		-	of the period covered by the report; 16
59		-	(iii) the types of hazardous fuels ac-17
60		-	tivities completed for such acres, delin-18
61		-	eating between whether such activities 19
62		-	were conducted— 20
63		-	(I) in a wildfire managed for re-21
64		-	source benefits; or 22
65		-	(II) through a planned project; 23 4
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67		-	(iv) the cost per acre of hazardous 1
68		-	fuels activities carried out during the pe-2
69		-	riod covered by the report; 3
	65	+	EQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of the report 20
	66	+	required under paragraph (1), the Secretary con-21
	67	+	cerned shall— 22
	68	+	(A) in determining the number of acres of 23
	69	+	Federal land on which the Secretary concerned 24
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	73	+	carried out hazardous fuels reduction activities 1
	74	+	during the period covered by the report— 2
	75	+	(i) record acres of Federal land on 3
	76	+	which hazardous fuels reduction activities 4
	77	+	were completed during such period; and 5
	78	+	(ii) record each acre described in 6
	79	+	clause (i) once in the report, regardless of 7
	80	+	whether multiple hazardous fuels reduction 8
	81	+	activities were carried out on such acre dur-9
	82	+	ing such period; and 10
	83	+	(B) with respect to the acres of Federal land 11
	84	+	recorded in the report, include information on— 12
	85	+	(i) which such acres are located in the 13
	86	+	wildland-urban interface; 14
	87	+	(ii) the level of wildfire risk (high, 15
	88	+	moderate, or low) on the first and last day 16
	89	+	of the period covered by the report; 17
	90	+	(iii) the types of hazardous fuels ac-18
	91	+	tivities completed for such acres, delineating 19
	92	+	between whether such activities were con-20
	93	+	ducted— 21
	94	+	(I) in a wildfire managed for re-22
	95	+	source benefits; or 23
	96	+	(II) through a planned project; 24
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	100	+	(iv) the cost per acre of hazardous fuels 1
	101	+	activities carried out during the period cov-2
	102	+	ered by the report; 3
70	103		(v) the region or system unit in which 4
71	104		the acres are located; and 5
72	105		(vi) the effectiveness of the hazardous 6
73	106		fuels reduction activities on reducing the 7
74	107		risk of wildfire. 8
75	108		(3) T
76	109		RANSPARENCY.—The Secretary concerned 9
77	110		shall make each report submitted under paragraph 10
78	111		(1) publicly available on the website of the Depart-11
79	112		ment of Agriculture and the Department of the Inte-12
80	113		rior, as applicable. 13
81	114		(b) A
82	115		CCURATEDATACOLLECTION.— 14
83	116		(1) I
84	117		N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 15
85	118		the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 16
86	119		concerned shall implement standardized procedures 17
87		-	for tracking data related to hazardous fuels reduc-18
88		-	tion activities carried out by the Secretary con-19
89		-	cerned. 20
	120	+	for tracking data related to hazardous fuels reduction 18
	121	+	activities carried out by the Secretary concerned. 19
90	122		(2) E
91		-	LEMENTS.—The standardized procedures 21
92		-	required under paragraph (1) shall include— 22
93		-	(A) regular, standardized data reviews of 23
94		-	the accuracy and timely input of data used to 24
95		-	track hazardous fuels reduction activities; 25 5
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	123	+	LEMENTS.—The standardized procedures 20
	124	+	required under paragraph (1) shall include— 21
	125	+	(A) regular, standardized data reviews of 22
	126	+	the accuracy and timely input of data used to 23
	127	+	track hazardous fuels reduction activities; 24
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97	131		(B) verification methods that validate 1
98	132		whether such data accurately correlates to the 2
99	133		hazardous fuels reduction activities carried out 3
100	134		by the Secretary concerned; 4
101	135		(C) an analysis of the short- and long-term 5
102		-	effectiveness of the hazardous fuels reduction 6
103		-	~~activities~~ on reducing the risk of wildfire; and 7
	136	+	effectiveness of the hazardous fuels reduction ac-6
	137	+	tivities on reducing the risk of wildfire; and 7
104	138		(D) for hazardous fuels reduction activities 8
105	139		that occur partially within the wildland-urban 9
106		-	interface, methods to distinguish which acres 10
107		-	~~are~~ located within the wildland-urban interface 11
108		-	~~and~~ which acres are located outside the 12
109		-	~~wildland-~~urban interface. 13
	140	+	interface, methods to distinguish which acres are 10
	141	+	located within the wildland-urban interface and 11
	142	+	which acres are located outside the wildland- 12
	143	+	urban interface. 13
110	144		(3) R
111	145		EPORT.—Not later than 2 weeks after im-14
112	146		plementing the standardized procedures required 15
113	147		under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall 16
114	148		submit to Congress a report that describes— 17
115	149		(A) such standardized procedures; and 18
116	150		(B) program and policy recommendations 19
117	151		to Congress to address any limitations in track-20
118		-	ing data related to hazardous fuels reduction 21
119		-	~~activities~~ under this subsection. 22
	152	+	ing data related to hazardous fuels reduction ac-21
	153	+	tivities under this subsection. 22
120	154		(c) GAO S
121		-	TUDY.—Not later than 2 years after the 23
122		-	date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 24
123		-	of the United States shall— 25 6
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	155	+	TUDY.—Not later than 2 years after the date 23
	156	+	of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 24
	157	+	United States shall— 25
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125	161		(1) conduct a study on the implementation of 1
126	162		this Act, including any limitations with respect to— 2
127	163		(A) reporting hazardous fuels reduction ac-3
128	164		tivities under subsection (a); or 4
129		-	(B) tracking data related to hazardous 5
130		-	fuels reduction activities under subsection (b); 6
131		-	and 7
132		-	(2) submit to Congress a report that describes 8
133		-	the results of the study under paragraph (1). 9
	165	+	(B) tracking data related to hazardous fuels 5
	166	+	reduction activities under subsection (b); and 6
	167	+	(2) submit to Congress a report that describes the 7
	168	+	results of the study under paragraph (1). 8
134	169		(d) D
135		-	EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 10
	170	+	EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 9
136	171		(1) H
137		-	AZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION ACTIV -11
138		-	ITY.—The term ‘‘hazardous fuels reduction activ-12
139		-	ity’’— 13
140		-	(A) means any vegetation management ac-14
141		-	tivity to reduce the risk of wildfire, including 15
142		-	mechanical treatments and prescribed burning; 16
143		-	and 17
144		-	(B) does not include the awarding of con-18
145		-	tracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction ac-19
146		-	tivities. 20
	172	+	AZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION ACTIVITY .— 10
	173	+	The term ‘‘hazardous fuels reduction activity’’— 11
	174	+	(A) means any vegetation management ac-12
	175	+	tivity to reduce the risk of wildfire, including 13
	176	+	mechanical treatments and prescribed burning; 14
	177	+	and 15
	178	+	(B) does not include the awarding of con-16
	179	+	tracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction ac-17
	180	+	tivities. 18
147	181		(2) F
148		-	EDERAL LANDS .—The term ‘‘Federal 21
149		-	lands’’ means lands under the jurisdiction of the 22
150		-	Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-23
151		-	culture. 24 7
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153		-	(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-1
154		-	retary concerned’’ means— 2
155		-	(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-3
156		-	spect to National Forest System lands; and 4
157		-	(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-5
158		-	spect to public lands and units of the National 6
159		-	Park System. 7
	182	+	EDERAL LANDS.—The term ‘‘Federal lands’’ 19
	183	+	means lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 20
	184	+	the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. 21
	185	+	(3) S
	186	+	ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-22
	187	+	retary concerned’’ means— 23
	188	+	(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-24
	189	+	spect to National Forest System lands; and 25
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	193	+	(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-1
	194	+	spect to public lands and units of the National 2
	195	+	Park System. 3
160	196		(4) W
161		-	ILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE .—The term 8
162		-	‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 9
163		-	the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-10
164		-	toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 11
165		-	(e) N
166		-	OADDITIONALFUNDSAUTHORIZED.—No addi-12
167		-	tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 13
168		-	of this Act, and the activities authorized by this Act are 14
169		-	subject to the availability of appropriations made in ad-15
170		-	vance for such purposes. 16
171		-	Passed the House of Representatives September 13,
172		-	2023.
173		-	Attest:
174		-	Clerk. 118
	197	+	ILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term 4
	198	+	‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given the 5
	199	+	term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restora-6
	200	+	tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 7
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	205	+	118
175	206		TH
176	207		CONGRESS
177	208		1
178	209		ST
179	210		S
180	211		ESSION
181	212
182	213		H. R. 1567
183		-	AN ACT
	214	+	[Report No. 118–186, Part I]
	215	+	A BILL
184	216		To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and
185	217		the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate re-
186	218		ports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activi-
187	219		ties, and for other purposes.
	220	+	S
	221	+	EPTEMBER
	222	+	8, 2023
	223	+	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with
	224	+	an amendment
	225	+	S
	226	+	EPTEMBER
	227	+	8, 2023
	228	+	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the
	229	+	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
	230	+	Union and ordered to be printed
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