,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #dce #aaith         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cibb
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,june #c1            
#bjbf,received  ,june #ae1 #bjbf,read   
twice and placed on the calendar  ,,an  
,,act  ,to direct the ,comptroller      
,general of the ,united ,states to      
conduct a study on existing programs1   
rules1 and authorities that enable or   
inhibit wildfire mitigation across land 
ownership boundaries on ,federal and    
non-,federal land1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cross-,boundary    
,wildfire ,solutions ,act4  #b4         
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,covered agency ,the term covered agency
 means-- 7,a7 each ,federal land        
management agency 7as defined in section
 #hjb of the ,federal ,lands ,recreation
 ,enhancement ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4       
#fhja772  7,b7 the ,natural ,resources  
,conservation ,service2  7,c7 the       
,environmental ,protection ,agency2     

7,d7 the ,federal ,emergency ,management
 ,agency2  7,e7 the ,united ,states     
,fire ,administration2  7,f7 ,states2   
7,g7 ,indian ,tribes2 and  7,h7 local   
governments4  7#b7 ,covered authority   
,the term covered authority means-- 7,a7
 the ,healthy ,forests ,restoration ,act
 of #bjjc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feja et seq472
  7,b7 the ,cooperative ,forestry       
,assistance ,act of #aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4
 #baja et seq472  7,c7 the good neighbor
 authority under section #hbjf of the   
,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#af        
,u4,s4,c4 #baac;a72  7,d7 the ,tribal   
,forest ,protection ,act of #bjjd 7#be  
,u4,s4,c4 #caja et seq472  7,e7 the     
collaborative forest landscape          
restoration program under section #djjc 
of the ,omnibus ,public ,land           
,management ,act of #bjji 7#af ,u4,s4,c4
 #gcjc72 and  7,f7 any other statutory  
authority that facilitates              
cross-boundary wildfire mitigation or   
forest health improvement activities1 as
 determined by the ,comptroller ,general

 of the ,united ,states4  #c4 ,study on 
wildfire mitigation across land         
ownership boundaries  7a7 ,study        
required ,the ,comptroller ,general of  
the ,united ,states shall conduct a     
study on-- 7#a7 the existing ,federal   
programs1 rules1 and authorities that   
enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation   
from being completed across land        
ownership boundaries on ,federal and    
non-,federal land2  7#b7 whether changes
 to any program1 rule1 or authority     
7including changes to existing statutory
 definitions7 identified pursuant to    
paragraph 7#a7 would-- 7,a7 allow a     
covered agency increased capacity or    
access to funding to mitigate wildfires 
or improve forest health2 and  7,b7     
enable better community protection and  
prevent the loss of structures due to   
wildfire2 and  7#c7 the activities      
carried out pursuant to a covered       
authority1 including-- 7,a7 how to      
improve the efficacy of such activities 
with respect to mitigating wildfire2 and

  7,b7 whether the enactment of such    
covered authority has increased capacity
 or access to funding to mitigate       
wildfires for a covered agency4  7b7    
,report ,not later than #b years after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall submit to the ,committee 
on ,natural ,resources and the          
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,energy and ,natural ,resources and  
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry of the ,senate
 a report that contains-- 7#a7 the      
results of the study required under     
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7               
recommendations to simplify             
cross-boundary wildfire mitigation      
between ,federal land management        
agencies and ,state1 local1 and ,tribal 
governments4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,june #b1 #bjbf4,kevin 
,f4 ,mc,cumber1,clerk4  ,june #ae1      
#bjbf,read twice and placed on the      

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