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Calendar No. 229 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1152 

[Report No. 110–99] 

To promote wildland firefighter safety. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 18, 2007 

Ms. CANTWELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

JUNE 26, 2007 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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 Firefighter 

5 Safety Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 and Transparency Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

7 means— 

8 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

9 through the Directors of the Bureau of Land 

10 Management, the United States Fish and Wild11 life Service, the National Park Service, and the 

12 Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

13 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

14 through the Chief of the Forest Service. 

15 (2) WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER.—The term 

16 ‘‘wildland firefighter’’ means any person who partici17 pates in wildland firefighting activities— 

18 (A) under the direction of either of the 

19 Secretaries; or 

20 (B) under a contract or compact with a 

21 federally recognized Indian tribe. 

22 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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

24 submit to Congress an annual report on the wildland 

25 firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, includ26 ing training programs and activities for wildland fire 


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1 suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire 

2 use, during the preceding calendar year. 

3 (2) TIMELINE.—Each report under paragraph 

4 (1) shall— 

5 (A) be submitted by not later than March 

6 of the year following the calendar year covered 

7 by the report; and 

8 (B) include— 

9 (i) a description of, and any changes 

10 to, wildland firefighter safety practices, in11 cluding training programs and activities 

12 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

13 burning, and wildland fire use; 

14 (ii) statistics and trend analyses; 

15 (iii) an estimate of the amount of 

16 Federal funds expended by the Secretaries 

17 on wildland firefighter safety practices, in18 cluding training programs and activities 

19 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

20 burning, and wildland fire use; 

21 (iv) progress made in implementing 

22 recommendations from the Inspector Gen23 eral, the Government Accountability Office, 

24 the Occupational Safety and Health Ad25 ministration, or an agency report relating 


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1 to a wildland firefighting fatality issued 

2 during the preceding 10 years; and 

3 (v) a description of— 

4 (I) the provisions relating to 

5 wildland firefighter safety practices in 

6 any Federal contract or other agree7 ment governing the provision of 

8 wildland firefighters by a non-Federal 

9 entity; 

10 (II) a summary of any actions 

11 taken by the Secretaries to ensure 

12 that the provisions relating to safety 

13 practices, including training, are com14 plied with by the non-Federal entity; 

15 and 

16 (III) the results of those actions. 


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Calendar No. 229 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1152 

[Report No. 110

–99] 

A BILL 

To promote wildland firefighter safety. 

JUNE 26, 2007 

Reported with an amendment 


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