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Union Calendar No. 149 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1567 
[Report No. 118–186, Part I] 
To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2023 
Mr. TIFFANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Additional sponsor: Mr. NEWHOUSE 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 10, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding 
hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accurately Counting 
Risk Elimination Solutions Act’’ or the ‘‘ACRES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ACCURATE HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION RE-
PORTS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION 
REPORT IN MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE 
PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the first fiscal 
year that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary con-
cerned shall include in the materials submitted in 
support of the President’s budget pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the 
number of acres of Federal land on which the Sec-
retary concerned carried out hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities during the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of the report 
required under paragraph (1), the Secretary con-
cerned shall— 
(A) in determining the number of acres of 
Federal land on which the Secretary concerned 
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carried out hazardous fuels reduction activities 
during the period covered by the report— 
(i) record acres of Federal land on 
which hazardous fuels reduction activities 
were completed during such period; and 
(ii) record each acre described in 
clause (i) once in the report, regardless of 
whether multiple hazardous fuels reduction 
activities were carried out on such acre dur-
ing such period; and 
(B) with respect to the acres of Federal land 
recorded in the report, include information on— 
(i) which such acres are located in the 
wildland-urban interface; 
(ii) the level of wildfire risk (high, 
moderate, or low) on the first and last day 
of the period covered by the report; 
(iii) the types of hazardous fuels ac-
tivities completed for such acres, delineating 
between whether such activities were con-
ducted— 
(I) in a wildfire managed for re-
source benefits; or 
(II) through a planned project; 
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(iv) the cost per acre of hazardous fuels 
activities carried out during the period cov-
ered by the report; 
(v) the region or system unit in which 
the acres are located; and 
(vi) the effectiveness of the hazardous 
fuels reduction activities on reducing the 
risk of wildfire. 
(3) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary concerned 
shall make each report submitted under paragraph 
(1) publicly available on the website of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and the Department of the Inte-
rior, as applicable. 
(b) ACCURATE DATA COLLECTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
concerned shall implement standardized procedures 
for tracking data related to hazardous fuels reduction 
activities carried out by the Secretary concerned. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The standardized procedures 
required under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) regular, standardized data reviews of 
the accuracy and timely input of data used to 
track hazardous fuels reduction activities; 
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