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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 457 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that |
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| 7 | 7 | | Act. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | EE(for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Preven- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an |
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| 17 | 17 | | additional Institute under that Act. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utah Wildfire Re-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | search Institute Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INSTITUTE. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Section 5(b)(2) of the Southwest 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (16 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | U.S.C. 6704(b)(2)) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 457 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the end; 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(D) the State of Utah.’’. 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) C |
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| 38 | 38 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 5(e)(1) of 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6704(e)(1)) is amended by striking 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘and Colorado’’ and inserting ‘‘Colorado, and Utah’’. 10 |
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