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Sec. 1 · H.R. 471

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Introduced · Sec. 1

(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Fix Our Forests Act. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Landscape-Scale Restoration Subtitle A—Addressing Emergency Wildfire Risks in High Priority Firesheds Sec. 101. Designation of fireshed management areas. Sec. 102. Fireshed center. Sec. 103. Fireshed registry. Sec. 104. Shared stewardship. Sec. 105. Fireshed assessments. Sec. 106. Emergency fireshed management. Sec. 107. Sunset. Subtitle B—Expanding Collaborative Tools to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Improve Forest Health Sec. 111. Modification of the treatment of certain revenue and payments under good neighbor agreements. Sec. 112. Fixing stewardship end result contracting. Sec. 113. Intra-agency strike teams. Sec. 114. Locally-led restoration. Sec. 115. Joint Chiefs landscape restoration partnership program. Sec. 116. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program. Sec. 117. Utilizing grazing for wildfire risk reduction. Sec. 118. Water source protection program. Sec. 119. Watershed condition framework technical corrections. Subtitle C—Litigation Reform Sec. 121. Commonsense litigation reform. Sec. 122. Consultation on forest plans. Title II—Protecting Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface Sec. 201. Community wildfire risk reduction program. Sec. 202. Community wildfire defense research program. Sec. 203. Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights-of-way. Sec. 204. Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way. Sec. 205. Seeds of success. Sec. 206. Program to support priority reforestation and restoration projects of Department of the Interior. Sec. 207. Fire department repayment. Title III—Transparency, Technology, and Partnerships Subtitle A—Transparency and Technology Sec. 301. Biochar innovations and opportunities for conservation, health, and advancements in research. Sec. 302. Accurate hazardous fuels reduction reports. Sec. 303. Public-private wildfire technology deployment and demonstration partnership. Sec. 304. GAO study on Forest Service policies. Sec. 305. Forest Service Western headquarters study. Sec. 306. Keeping forest plans current and monitored. Sec. 307. Container Aerial Firefighting System (CAFFS). Sec. 308. Study on pine beetle infestation. Subtitle B—White Oak Resilience Sec. 311. White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition. Sec. 312. Forest Service pilot program. Sec. 313. Department of the Interior white oak review and restoration. Sec. 314. White oak regeneration and upland oak habitat. Sec. 315. Tree nursery shortages. Sec. 316. White oak research. Sec. 317. USDA formal initiative. Sec. 318. Authorities. Title IV—Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Sec. 401. Wildland Fire Management Casualty Assistance Program.

•HR 471 IHSEC. 1
Passed the House · Sec. 1

(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Fix Our Forests Act. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Landscape-Scale Restoration Subtitle A—Addressing Emergency Wildfire Risks in High Priority Firesheds Sec. 101. Designation of fireshed management areas. Sec. 102. Fireshed center. Sec. 103. Fireshed registry. Sec. 104. Shared stewardship. Sec. 105. Fireshed assessments. Sec. 106. Emergency fireshed management. Sec. 107. Sunset. Subtitle B—Expanding Collaborative Tools to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Improve Forest Health Sec. 111. Modification of the treatment of certain revenue and payments under good neighbor agreements. Sec. 112. Fixing stewardship end result contracting. Sec. 113. Intra-agency strike teams. Sec. 114. Locally-led restoration. Sec. 115. Joint Chiefs landscape restoration partnership program. Sec. 116. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program. Sec. 117. Utilizing grazing for wildfire risk reduction. Sec. 118. Water source protection program. Sec. 119. Watershed condition framework technical corrections. Subtitle C—Litigation Reform Sec. 121. Commonsense litigation reform. Sec. 122. Consultation on forest plans. Title II—Protecting Communities in the Wildland-Urban Interface Sec. 201. Community wildfire risk reduction program. Sec. 202. Community wildfire defense research program. Sec. 203. Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights-of-way. Sec. 204. Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way. Sec. 205. Seeds of success. Sec. 206. Program to support priority reforestation and restoration projects of Department of the Interior. Sec. 207. Fire department repayment. Title III—Transparency, Technology, and Partnerships Subtitle A—Transparency and Technology Sec. 301. Biochar innovations and opportunities for conservation, health, and advancements in research. Sec. 302. Accurate hazardous fuels reduction reports. Sec. 303. Public-private wildfire technology deployment and demonstration partnership. Sec. 304. GAO study on Forest Service policies. Sec. 305. Forest Service Western headquarters study. Sec. 306. Keeping forest plans current and monitored. Sec. 307. Container Aerial Firefighting System (CAFFS). Sec. 308. Study on pine beetle infestation. Sec. 309. Fire safe electrical corridors. Subtitle B—White Oak Resilience Sec. 311. White Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition. Sec. 312. Forest Service pilot program. Sec. 313. Department of the Interior white oak review and restoration. Sec. 314. White oak regeneration and upland oak habitat. Sec. 315. Tree nursery shortages. Sec. 316. White oak research. Sec. 317. USDA formal initiative. Sec. 318. Authorities. Title IV—Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Sec. 401. Wildland Fire Management Casualty Assistance Program.

•HR 471 EHSEC. 1

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