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Q: SECTION 1. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS.

(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A primary purpose of the National Fire Plan is to
reduce the risk of severe wild fires in the areas, known as the
''wildland/urban interface'', where communities adjoin or
intermingle with Federal public lands.
(2) Substantial amounts of funds have been appropriated to
the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the
Interior to implement the National Fire Plan.
(3) The Comptroller General has found that implementation
of the National Fire Plan still lacks clearly defined and
effective leadership and that the Forest Service and agencies
of the Department of the Interior do not have adequate data for
making informed decisions and for measuring their progress.
(4) In a December 2001 report to the Secretary of the
Interior, the National Academy of Public Information
recommended establishment of an interagency council to
implement both the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy and
the National Fire Plan.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to improve implementation
of the National Fire Plan with respect to reducing the buildup of
vegetative fuels in the wildland/urban interface.
(c) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Federal public lands.--The term ''Federal public
lands'' means lands managed by the Forest Service or an agency
of the Department of the Interior.
(2) National fire plan.--The term ''National Fire Plan''
means the plans, strategies, projects, and activities of the
Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to
respond to adverse impacts on communities and the environment
from wildfires on Federal public lands, which are based on and
reflect the following:
(A) The report of the Secretary of Agriculture and
the Secretary of the Interior entitled ''Managing the
Impact of Wildfires on Communities and the
Environment'', dated September 8, 2000.
(B) Congressional direction accompanying
appropriations to the Department of Agriculture and the
Department of the Interior for wildland fire management
for fiscal year 2001 and subsequent years.
(3) Wildlife/urban interface.--The term ''wildland/urban
interface'' means a geographic area where--
(A) homes and other structures are immediately
adjacent to or intermixed with Federal public lands
containing flammable vegetation;
(B) the conditions on such lands are conducive to
large-scale disturbance events; and
(C) there is a significant probability of a fire
ignition and a resulting spread of the disturbance
event.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL TO COORDINATE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL
FIRE PLAN.

(a) Establishment and Membership.--The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish an interagency council
to coordinate implementation of the National Fire Plan. The council
shall include at a minimum the following members, or their designees:
(1) The Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian
Affairs.
(3) The Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(4) The Director of the National Park Service.
(5) The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service.
(b) Duties.--
(1) Criteria to identify affected communities.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
council shall define consistent criteria to identify the
communities within the wildland/urban interface that are most
at risk from severe wildfires.
(2) Goals and objectives of plan.--The council shall
establish clearly defined and outcome-oriented goals and
objectives for agencies responsible for implementation of the
National Fire Plan.
(3) Measurement of results.--The council shall establish
quantifiable annual and long-term performance measures to
assess progress in reducing the risks to communities identified
pursuant to criteria required by paragraph (1).
(4) Long-term implementation strategy.--The council shall
develop a comprehensive long-term strategy for implementation
of the National Fire Plan that incorporates the criteria, goals
and objectives, and performance measures defined or established
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
(5) Use of removed materials.--The council shall provide
for collection of data necessary to assist the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to determine the
most effective and appropriate methods of utilizing fuel
materials removed from Federal public lands covered by the
National Fire Plan.
(c) Consultation.--In defining the criteria and establishing the
goals and objectives required by subsection (b), the council shall
consult with appropriate State, local, and tribal officials and shall
provide an opportunity for receipt and consideration of public comments
and suggestions.

SEC. 3. FOCUS OF FUEL-REDUCTION EFFORTS.

In implementing the National Fire Plan, the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall assure that--
(1) in conducting fuel-reduction efforts, priority is given
to the communities identified pursuant to the criteria required
by section 2(b)(1); and
(2) no other projects to reduce fuels are carried out in a
State until all necessary fuel-reduction efforts with respect
to such communities in that State are completed.

SEC. 4. PROGRESS REPORT.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit to Congress a report on the steps taken to implement this
Act.
A:
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to establish an interagency council to coordinate implementation of the National Fire Plan. Requires the council to: (1) define consistent criteria to identify the communities within the wildland/urban interface that are most at risk from severe wildfires; (2) establish goals and objectives for implementing agencies; (3) establish measures to assess progress in reducing the risks to such communities; (4) develop a comprehensive long-term strategy for Plan implementation; and (5) provide for collection of data to assist the Secretaries in determining the most effective and appropriate methods of utilizing fuel materials removed from covered public lands.Requires the Secretaries to assure that: (1) in conducting fuel reduction efforts, priority is given to such communities; and (2) no other projects to reduce fuels are carried out in a State until all necessary fuel-reduction efforts with respect to such communities in that State are completed.