,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,mc,clintock 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,calvert1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4     
,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 and  
,mr4 ,issa7 introduced the following    
bill2 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 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to carry out activities to
 suppress wildfires1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,suppression of wildfires
  7a7 ,in general ,with respect to      
covered ,national ,forest ,system lands1
 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting 
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service-- 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 use all    
available resources to carry out        

wildfire suppression with the purpose of
 extinguishing wildfires detected on    
such lands not later than #bd hours     
after such a wildfire is detected2 and  
7,b7 immediately suppress any prescribed
 fire that exceeds prescription2  7#b7  
shall not inhibit the suppression       
efforts of ,state or local firefighting 
agencies that are authorized to respond 
to wildfire on such lands2  7#c7 may    
only use fire as a resource management  
tool if the fire is a prescribed fire   
that complies with applicable law and   
regulations2  7#d7 may only initiate a  
backfire or burnout during a wildfire-- 
7,a7 by order of the responsible        
incident commander2 or  7,b7 in         
instances that are necessary to protect 
the health and safety of firefighting   
personnel2 and  7#e7 shall use all      
available resources to control any such 
initiated backfire or burnout until     
extinguished4  7b7 ,covered national    
forest system lands defined ,in this    
section1 the term covered ,national     

,forest ,system lands means any area--  
7#a7 located within ,national ,forest   
,system lands2 and  7#b7 that-- 7,a7 the
 ,u4,s4 ,drought ,monitor has rated as  
having a ,d#b 7severe drought7          
intensity1 ,d#c 7extreme drought7       
intensity1 or ,d#d 7exceptional drought7
 intensity2  7,b7 the ,national         
,interagency ,fire ,center declares has 
a ,national ,wildland ,fire             
,preparedness level of #e2 or  7,c7 the 
,forest ,service has identified as being
 located in a fireshed ranked in the top
 #aj percent of wildfire exposure 7as   
determined using the most recently      
published models of fireshed risk       
exposure published by the ,forest       
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