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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1152 

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 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

9 means— 

10 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

11 through the Directors of the Bureau of Land 

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1 life Service, the National Park Service, and the 

2 Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 

3 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

4 through the Chief of the Forest Service. 

5 (2) WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER.—The term 

6 ‘‘wildland firefighter’’ means any person who partici7 pates in wildland firefighting activities— 

8 (A) under the direction of either of the 

9 Secretaries; or 

10 (B) under a contract or compact with a 

11 federally recognized Indian tribe. 

12 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

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

14 submit to Congress an annual report on the wildland 

15 firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, includ16 ing training programs and activities for wildland fire 

17 suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire 

18 use, during the preceding calendar year. 

19 (2) TIMELINE.—Each report under paragraph 

20 (1) shall— 

21 (A) be submitted by not later than March 

22 of the year following the calendar year covered 

23 by the report; and 

24 (B) include— 


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1 (i) a description of, and any changes 

2 to, wildland firefighter safety practices, in3 cluding training programs and activities 

4 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

5 burning, and wildland fire use; 

6 (ii) statistics and trend analyses; 

7 (iii) an estimate of the amount of 

8 Federal funds expended by the Secretaries 

9 on wildland firefighter safety practices, in10 cluding training programs and activities 

11 for wildland fire suppression, prescribed 

12 burning, and wildland fire use; 

13 (iv) progress made in implementing 

14 recommendations from the Inspector Gen15 eral, the Government Accountability Office, 

16 the Occupational Safety and Health Ad17 ministration, or an agency report relating 

18 to a wildland firefighting fatality issued 

19 during the preceding 10 years; and 

20 (v) a description of— 

21 (I) the provisions relating to 

22 wildland firefighter safety practices in 

23 any Federal contract or other agree24 ment governing the provision of 


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1 wildland firefighters by a non-Federal 

2 entity; 

3 (II) a summary of any actions 

4 taken by the Secretaries to ensure 

5 that the provisions relating to safety 

6 practices, including training, are com7 plied with by the non-Federal entity; 

8 and 

9 (III) the results of those actions. 

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