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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahqt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT. 119-280 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 UTAH WILDFIRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACT OF 2025 SEPTEMBER 15, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1045] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1045) to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wild- fire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an addi- tional Institute under that Act, having considered the same, re- ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1045 is to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the estab- lishment of an additional Institute under that Act. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 established wildfire research centers in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem man- agement to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems, in the interior West. 1 These cen- ters, collectively known as the Southwest Ecological Restoration In- stitutes (SWERI), now operate at Colorado State University, New Mexico Highlands University, and Northern Arizona University.2 Today, these centers conduct cutting-edge research on wildfires and forest management and collaborate with land managers to ensure the implementation of science-based forest management decisions.3 As part of this work, SWERI must produce annual, peer-reviewed, 116 U.S.C. § 6704. 2 SWERI, Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes (SWERI), https://sweri.org/. 3Id. 59-006