Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4826
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-09-13
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4577)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the definition of <em>at-risk community</em> with respect to the hazardous fuel reduction program to eliminate the requirement that such a community be an interface community as defined in the notice titled <em>Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire</em> or be within or adjacent to federal land.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4826 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 13, 2022 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term at-risk community .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2022 . 2. Definition of at-risk community Section 101(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraph (A); and (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.