,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1         
#bjai,mr4 ,la,malfa introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,agriculture1 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 
,a ,,bill  ,to exempt certain wildfire  
mitigation activities from certain      
environmental requirements1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,combustion    
,avoidance along ,rural ,roads ,act or  
the ,,carr ,act4  #b4 ,exemption of     
certain wildfire mitigation activities  
from certain environmental requirements 
7a7 ,in general ,wildfire mitigation    
activities of the ,secretary of the     
,interior and the ,secretary of         
,agriculture may be carried out without 

regard to the provisions of law         
specified in subsection 7b74  7b7       
,provisions of law specified ,the       
provisions of law specified in this     
section are all ,federal1 ,state1 or    
other laws1 regulations1 and legal      
requirements of1 deriving from1 or      
related to the subject of1 the following
 laws3  7#a7 ,section #ajb7b77;,c7 of   
the ,national ,environmental ,policy    
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#dccb7b77;,c774  7#b7 ,the ,endangered  
,species ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4   
#aeca et seq474  7c7 ,wildfire          
mitigation activity ,for purposes of    
this section1 the term wildfire         
mitigation activity-- 7#a7 is an        
activity conducted on ,federal land that
 is--  7,a7 under the administration of 
the ,director of the ,national ,park    
,system1 the ,director of the ,bureau of
 ,land ,management1 or the ,chief of the
 ,forest ,service2 and  7,b7 within #cjj
 feet of any permanent or temporary     
road1 as measured from the center of    

such road2 and  7#b7 includes forest    
thinning1 hazardous fuel reduction1     
prescribed burning1 and vegetation      
management4