# 117-hr-6903: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes.

117-hr-6903, To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6903
- Congress: 117
- Title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Introduced: 2022-03-02
- Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill sets out requirements for wildfire suppression and management activities carried out by the Forest Service. Within 24 hours of detecting a wildfire on Forest Service land, the service must use (to the maximum extent practicable) all available resources to extinguish the wildfire. Additionally, the service may not inhibit the firefighting activities of state and local agencies that are authorized to respond to wildfires on Forest Service land. Further, the service may not initiate a backfire or burnout as part of a fire suppression strategy unless ordered by the responsible incident commander and must control any initiated fire until it is extinguished. An individual who is harmed by an improperly initiated or controlled backfire or burnout may sue the United States. The bill also limits the service's use of prescribed fires (i.e., the controlled application of fire by a team of experts under specified weather conditions to restore health to ecosystems that depend on fire). The service must comply with all applicable laws and regulations concerning prescribed fires and must immediately suppress (to the maximum extent practicable) a prescribed fire that exceeds its prescription.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2022-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6903 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6903)

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