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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-721
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
FOREST PROTECTION AND WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER
SAFETY ACT OF 2023
OCTOBER 25, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1586]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1586) to allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for
fire suppression, control, or prevention activities, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety
Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DISCHARGES OF FIRE RETARDANT.
(a) AUTHORIZED USES.-The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture are each authorized to discharge a fire retardant, chemical, or water from
aircraft for fire suppression, control, or prevention activities.
(b) PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.-Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), a permit under section 402
of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) shall not be required for the activities authorized by
subsection (a) or for similar activities conducted by a covered entity.
(c) DEFINITION.-In this section, the term covered entity means-
(1) the Forest Service;
(2) the National Park Service;
(3) the Bureau of Land Management;
(4) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(5) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
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