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H. Rept. 115-624 1 (2018-04-09)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxairb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-624 WEST FORK FIRE STATION ACT OF 2017 APRIL 9, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4609] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4609) to provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station, hav- ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend- ment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 4609 is to provide for the conveyance of a Forest Service site in Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION Dolores County, located in southwestern Colorado, is home to part of the 1.8 million-acre San Juan National Forest. As a neigh- bor to the San Juan National Forest, Dolores County plays an ac- tive role in fire suppression efforts on both private and public lands. Two attempts to acquire an appropriate site for a fire station in Dolores County on either County-owned or private land failed due to insufficient space or accessibility constraints. The Dolores Coun- ty Board of County Commissioners then began working with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Colorado Congressional delegation, and local stakeholders to identify a suitable piece of property for fire station construction. H.R. 4609 is the result of those local ef- forts. The bill authorizes the conveyance of 3.61 acres of USFS land to Dolores County for the purposes of constructing the West Fork Fire Station. 79-006