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H. Rept. 115-357,Part 1 1 (2017-10-19)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaipe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-357 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM ACT OF 2017 OCTOBER 19, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. CONAWAY, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2921] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2921) to establish a vegetation management pilot program on National Forest System land to better protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfire, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommend that the bill do pass. BRIEF EXPLANATION The National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Pro- gram Act of 2017 establishes a pilot program on National Forest System land to better protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfire. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION H.R. 2921 addresses the need for collaboration in maintaining our U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands and energy infrastructure rights-of-way that local communities and businesses rely upon. Deteriorating forest health, particularly in the western United States, has increased the frequency and severity for forest fires in recent years. This has resulted in increased fire threat to electric transmission and associated utility infrastructure across USFS land. The Government Accountability Office has found that fuel reduc- tion treatment projects reduce flammable vegetation, minimize the 79-006