Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-21
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55-56)

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023</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 included on a specified list of interface communities or be within or adjacent to federal land.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 21 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2023 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 2023 . 2. Definition of at-risk community Section 101(1)(A) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511(1)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking is comprised of— in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows through a group in clause (ii) and inserting comprises a group ; and (2) by striking within or adjacent to Federal land; and inserting a semicolon.