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PREPARE Act
Sponsored By: Senator Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
In Committee
Summary
Creates a pilot to preposition aerial wildfire suppression resources for early-season fine-fuel fires. The PREPARE Act focuses seasonal readiness in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The Agriculture Secretary through the Forest Service and the Interior Secretary through the Wildland Fire Service must design and run the pilot consistent with each State's Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement and in consultation with the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. *It uses existing wildland fire management funds and does not authorize additional appropriations.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Pilot aerial firefighting in five states
If enacted, the bill would create a pilot to seasonally preposition aerial wildfire suppression resources in Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The Forest Service and the Department of the Interior would run the pilot through their fire and aviation leaders. The pilot would use existing wildland fire management funds and would not authorize new appropriations. The pilot would follow each State's Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement and be developed with the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. The goal would be to improve readiness and response times for early-season fine-fuel wildland fires to help protect homes, farms, and rural communities.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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