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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-429 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 PUT OUT THE FIRE ACT JANUARY 8, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 178] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 178) to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Put Out The Fire Act. SEC. 2. SUPPRESSION OF WILDFIRES. (a) IN GENERAL.-With respect to covered lands, the Secretary concerned- (1) shall- (A) use all available resources to carry out wildfire suppression with the purpose of extinguishing wildfires detected on such lands not later than 24 hours after such a wildfire is detected; (B) carry out wildfire suppression under subparagraph (A) in a manner that is consistent with interagency agreements and applicable standards of firefighter safety; (C) immediately suppress any prescribed fire that exceeds prescription; and (D) not later than 24 hours after a wildfire is detected- (i) identify any facilities that- (I) are under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture; (II) house water or energy utilities or wildfire suppression mate- rials; and (III) are within 5 miles of the wildfire perimeter; and (ii) take such actions as are necessary to prevent the spread of wild- fire to such facilities; 69-006