H.R. 8557

Update Type

would direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by DOI or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, and to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by tribes and Indigenous practitioners.

Committee Name
Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Oversight and Accountability, and the Budget
Sponsor Name
Schrier
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Wash.
Issue
7
Volume
54
Update Issue
15
Update Volume
54
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H3522
Congress Number
118