,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,tipton 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,pearce1
 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4     
,lamborn1 and ,mr4 ,gardner7 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on           
,agriculture1 and in addition to the    
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that allocating the    
appropriate resources to wildland fire  
management is needed to protect the     
environment1 the economy1 and the people
 of the ,united ,states1 and for other  
purposes4  ,whereas the thoughts and    
prayers of the ,members of the ,house of
 ,representatives go out to individuals 
and families who have lost loved ones   

and homes to wildfire2 ,whereas the     
,members of the ,house of               
,representatives express the utmost     
gratitude to wildland fire firefighters 
and first responders who bravely protect
 life and property2 ,whereas nearly #aj 
million acres of land burned in the     
,united ,states in #bjab2 ,whereas the  
acreage burned by wildfires has steadily
 increased over the past decade2        
,whereas the most destructive fire in   
the history of the ,state of ,colorado  
and the largest fire in the history of  
the ,state of ,new ,mexico destroyed    
hundreds of homes and hundreds of       
thousands of acres of wildlife habitat  
in #bjab2 ,whereas ,federal forest and  
land management officials continue to   
request fewer funds to fight wildfires2 
,whereas the funding available for      
wildland fire suppression in the        
,wildland ,fire ,management ,account of 
the ,forest ,service was cut by #dfa    
million from fiscal year #bjaa to fiscal
 year #bjac2 ,whereas the ,wildland     

,fire ,hazardous ,fuels ,reduction      
,account of the ,forest ,service was cut
 by #bb million from fiscal year #bjaa  
to fiscal year #bjac and the latest     
budget request asks for another #aaf    
million decrease2 ,whereas the          
,collaborative ,forest ,restoration     
,program1 a program that benefits local 
economies and improves the overall      
health of the landscape1 has taken a #bj
 percent cut in funding over the past #b
 years2 ,whereas senior ,forest ,service
 officials have described a ,federal    
land management system hamstrung by     
8analysis paralysis02 ,whereas decades  
of ,federal mismanagement have increased
 fuel loads on ,federal forest land and 
led to increased risk of catastrophic   
wildfire2 ,whereas the ,forest ,service 
has replaced responsible1               
environmentally sound timber thinning   
with allowing fires to burn through     
overcrowded forests2 ,whereas the bark  
beetle epidemic has destroyed #dj       
million acres of forest in ,north       

,america2 and ,whereas academic studies 
indicate that bark-beetle-infected trees
 can still be salvaged for timber to be 
used in mills and contribute to small   
businesses and local economies3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,house of ,representatives that--
  7#a7 allocating the appropriate       
resources to wildland fire management is
 needed to protect the environment1 the 
economy1 and the people of the ,united  
,states2  7#b7 the bravery of the men   
and women who risk their lives to       
extinguish these conflagrations should  
never be questioned2  7#c7 a healthy    
forest policy must include prescribed   
thinning2  7#d7 funding to fight and    
prevent wildfires is essential to public
 safety1 environmental protection1 and  
economic growth2  7#e7 people who live  
in or near national forests in the      
,united ,states have a right to expect  
the greatest possible protection for    
their homes and property2  7#f7 the     
,government should not continue to      

acquire more land when hundreds of      
millions of acres already controlled by 
the ,government are mismanaged2 and     
7#g7 the ,forest ,service should        
proactively manage ,federal forest lands
 in a manner that--  7,a7 protects life 
and property2  7,b7 prevents            
catastrophic wildfire2  7,c7 promotes   
forest and watershed health2 and  7,d7  
creates jobs and economic development in
 the forest products industry4