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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9703 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 
on existing programs, rules, and authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire 
mitigation across land ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal 
land. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. HARDER of California, 
and Mr. MOLINARO) 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 Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
conduct a study on existing programs, rules, and authori-
ties that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation across land 
ownership boundaries on Federal and non-Federal land. 
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 ‘‘Cross-Boundary Wild-
fire Solutions Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY ON WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACROSS LAND 
OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study on— 
(1) the existing Federal programs, rules, and 
authorities that enable or inhibit wildfire mitigation 
from being completed across land ownership bound-
aries on Federal and non-Federal land; 
(2) whether changes to any program, rule, or 
authority identified pursuant to paragraph (1) would 
allow Federal land management agencies (as defined 
in section 802 of the Federal Lands Recreation En-
hancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801)), the Secretary of 
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Natural 
Resource Conservation Service, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, the U.S. Fire Administration, States, local gov-
ernments, and Tribal governments increased capac-
ity or access to funding to mitigate wildfires; and 
(3) the activities carried out pursuant to sub-
section (e) of section 103 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6513), includ-
ing— 
(A) how to improve the efficacy of such ac-
tivities with respect to mitigating wildfire; and 
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(B) whether the enactment of such sub-
section has increased the access of Federal land 
management agencies and States to funding to 
mitigate wildfires. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the Sen-
ate a report that contains— 
(1) the results of the study required under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) recommendations to simplify cross-boundary 
wildfire mitigation between Federal land manage-
ment agencies and State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments. 
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