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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4832 

To promote wildland firefighter safety. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2007 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee 

on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To promote wildland firefighter safety. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildland Fire Safety 

5 and Transparency Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

9 means— 


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1 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

2 through the Directors of the Bureau of Land 

3 Management, the United States Fish and Wild4 life Service, the National Park Service, and the 

5 Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

6 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

7 through the Chief of the Forest Service. 

8 (2) WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER.—The term 

9 ‘‘wildland firefighter’’ means any person who partici10 pates in wildland firefighting activities— 

11 (A) under the direction of either of the 

12 Secretaries; or 

13 (B) under a contract or compact with a 

14 federally recognized Indian tribe. 

15 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall jointly 

17 submit to Congress an annual report on the wildland 

18 firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, includ19 ing training programs and activities for wildland fire 

20 suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire 

21 use, during the preceding calendar year. 

22 (2) TIMELINE.—Each report under paragraph 

23 (1) shall— 


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1 (A) be submitted by not later than March 

2 of the year following the calendar year covered 

3 by the report; and 

4 (B) include— 

5 (i) a description of, and any changes 

6 to, wildland firefighter safety practices, in7 cluding training programs and activities 

8 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

9 burning, and wildland fire use; 

10 (ii) statistics and trend analyses; 

11 (iii) an estimate of the amount of 

12 Federal funds expended by the Secretaries 

13 on wildland firefighter safety practices, in14 cluding training programs and activities 

15 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

16 burning, and wildland fire use; 

17 (iv) progress made in implementing 

18 recommendations from the Inspector Gen19 eral, the Government Accountability Office, 

20 the Occupational Safety and Health Ad21 ministration, or an agency report relating 

22 to a wildland firefighting fatality issued 

23 during the preceding 10 years; and 

24 (v) a description of— 


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1 (I) the provisions relating to 

2 wildland firefighter safety practices in 

3 any Federal contract or other agree4 ment governing the provision of 

5 wildland firefighters by a non-Federal 

6 entity; 

7 (II) a summary of any actions 

8 taken by the Secretaries to ensure 

9 that the provisions relating to safety 

10 practices, including training, are com11 plied with by the non-Federal entity; 

12 and 

13 (III) the results of those actions. 

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