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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9704 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a quadrennial fire 
review, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. MOLINARO, and Mr. HARDER of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
carry out a quadrennial fire review, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Wildfire Risk Evalua-
tion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) wildfire management is a complex, multi-ju-
risdictional issue that requires a whole-of-govern-
ment approach before, during, and after a fire; 
(2) wildfires spread quickly and may invoke 
various Federal, State, Tribal, and local jurisdictions 
simultaneously; 
(3) effective wildfire management requires 
interagency, cross-boundary, strategic, and holistic 
solutions; 
(4) relevant Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governments should be included in any planning, de-
cision making, or response activities with respect to 
wildfire management; 
(5) a purpose of a quadrennial fire review is to 
forecast conditions that may present the greatest 
challenges for wildland fire management throughout 
the 20-year period immediately following such review 
and inform the development of long-term, strategic 
actions to address such challenges; 
(6) the report of the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior entitled ‘‘The Na-
tional Strategy: the Final Phase of the Development 
of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management 
Strategy’’ (April 2014), as updated by the report en-
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titled ‘‘National Cohesive Wildland Fire Manage-
ment Strategy Addendum Update’’ (January 2023), 
represents a strategic, collaborative effort to address 
wildfire management in all landscapes and using the 
best science available to make meaningful progress 
towards the 3 goals established in such report re-
garding— 
(A) resilient landscapes; 
(B) fire-adapted communities; and 
(C) safe and effective wildfire response; 
and 
(7) the report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation 
and Management Commission entitled ‘‘ON FIRE: 
The Report of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and 
Management Commission’’ (September 2023) pre-
sents a consensus set of recommendations developed 
by 50 diverse experts and intended to result in im-
proved outcomes for wildfire management in the 
United States. 
SEC. 3. QUADRENNIAL FIRE REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting jointly 
through the qualified agencies, shall conduct a quadren-
nial review of the comprehensive wildfire environment in 
the United States that includes— 
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