Sponsored By: Representative Schrier
Introduced
Expand prescribed fire on federal lands to reduce wildfire risk and restore landscapes. This bill would set mandatory acreage growth targets, create a competitive Collaborative Prescribed Fire Program, and fund workforce, training, and liability measures to scale cross‑boundary burns and support Tribal cultural burning.
*Would authorize up to $20 million per year for the prescribed‑fire program, including a collaborative subcap of up to $10 million and per‑project caps of $1 million.*
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If enacted, federal burn crews would get hazard pay for ignition and management work. OPM would write rules to implement it. Seasonal firefighters could be converted to permanent jobs without competition if they meet duty and three-season performance tests. The agencies would create training and job paths for qualified, formerly incarcerated firefighters, excluding arson and defined violent crimes.
Agencies would add qualified non‑Federal burners to resource ordering and reimbursement systems. Practitioners who meet national standards could join statewide agreements. While doing covered work under direct federal supervision, these partners would get Federal Tort Claims Act liability protection. The agencies must issue guidance within one year, seek funds to cover any claims, and offer training on these rules.
Federal land agencies would need to burn more acres each year. For ten years starting the first year after enactment, treated acres must grow by 10% yearly on Federal land. Within one year, the agencies would identify units with landscape‑scale burn plans. Within two years, they would update or create plans, follow environmental laws, consult Tribes, and report progress to Congress every year.
This bill would create and fund large, collaborative burn projects. Landscapes must be at least 50,000 acres and avoid permanent roads. The program could spend up to $20 million a year (including up to $10 million in 2025–2034), with $1 million per project per year, and pick up to 20 projects. Projects could last up to 10 years and lose funding after three straight years of missed targets. Agencies could shift up to 15% of certain fire budgets to burns, including grants, training, and monitoring. States could get help to report results, but if a State misses the December 31 report, it would lose eligibility for prior‑year Act funds.
Agencies would improve smoke forecasts and tools for the public. EPA would help State and Tribal air agencies build exceptional event cases for prescribed‑fire smoke. EPA would approve cases that meet current rules and smoke‑management practices. For Federal burns, land agencies would help prepare or submit these cases with State or Tribal concurrence.
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Schrier
WA • D
Valadao
CA • R
Sponsored 6/10/2025
Bynum
OR • D
Sponsored 8/26/2025
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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Appropriations package that would fund Treasury and IRS while imposing rulemaking limits and detailed DC policy constraints, affecting taxpayers, community lenders, and DC residents.
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