#aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#bjcc  ,,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 land4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cross-,boundary ,wildfire          
,solutions ,act4  #b4 ,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 identified pursuant to       
paragraph 7#a7 would allow ,federal land
 management agencies 7as defined in     
section #hjb of the ,federal ,lands     

,recreation ,enhancement ,act 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #fhja771 the ,secretary of    
,agriculture1 acting through the ,chief 
of the ,natural ,resources ,conservation
 ,service1 the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security1 acting through the           
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency1 the     
,u4,s4 ,fire ,administration1 ,states1  
local governments1 and ,tribal          
governments increased capacity or access
 to funding to mitigate wildfires2 and  
7#c7 the activities carried out pursuant
 to subsection 7e7 of section #ajc of   
the ,healthy ,forests ,restoration ,act 
of #bjjc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feac71         
including-- 7,a7 how to improve the     
efficacy of such activities with respect
 to mitigating wildfire2 and  7,b7      
whether the enactment of such subsection
 has increased the access of ,federal   
land management agencies and ,states to 
funding to mitigate wildfires4  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 ,senate ,june 
#aa1 #bjbf4,secretary