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HR 4302 - 117

Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Bill Text Stats

66
Analyzed sections
$126.3M
Detected dollar total
0
Tax signals
6
Deadlines

Signal counts

Tax density 0.0%
Spending density 16.7%
Statutory Reference 42
Spending 11
Benefits 10
Agency 6
Amendments 6
Deadline 6
Studies 5
Courts 1

Top agencies

Secretary of Agriculture 1
Secretary of Agriculture shall select 1
Secretary of the 1
Secretary of the Interior 1
Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land 1
Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 1

Statutory references

42 U.S.C. 4332 9
16 U.S.C. 576b 2
16 U.S.C. 6511 2
16 U.S.C. 6591b 2
42 U.S.C. 4331 2
43 U.S.C. 1772 2
16 U.S.C. 1536 1
16 U.S.C. 1604 1

House Votes

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Timeline

Aug 11, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Aug 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

Aug 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Jul 1, 2021

Introduced in House

Jul 1, 2021

Introduced in House

Jul 1, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.

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Agriculture
20 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 84%

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Secretary of Agriculture secretary of agriculture

Finance and banking
15 evidence matches
Impact 100% Confidence 82%

f the Interior shall establish within the Department of the Interior a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities secretary of the interior shall establish within the department of the interio

f the Interior shall establish within the Department of the Interior a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities 9380F78A94FD184" 101. Collaborative prescribed fire progra

to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior shall establish within the Department of the Interior a collaborative prescribed fire program to provide financial assistance to eligible entities, including units of Fed

Energy
10 evidence matches
Impact 99% Confidence 80%

the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Natural R

16 U.S.C. 1604 e requirements of this Act. Section 6(g)(3)(E)(iv) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604(g)(3)(E)(iv) )

16 U.S.C. 1604 f the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ). /subp

State and local government
3 evidence matches
Impact 84% Confidence 73%

Not later than economic activity through sustainable forest management for each beneficiary county containing National Forest System land. (b) Establishment of Forest Reserve Revenue Areas.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enac

16 U.S.C. 7112 n Act payment received by the county under section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act ( 16 U.S.C. 7112 ). /subs

16 U.S.C. 7112 to a Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act payment received by the county under section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (16 U.S.C. 7112). (d) Deposit in Knutson-Vanden

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Agency sample by amount

Where the local sample is concentrated

$90.5B
Department of Agriculture $82.7B
500 sampled awards
Department of the Interior $4.2B
473 sampled awards
Department of the Treasury $3.6B
78 sampled awards

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Largest sampled awards

Award records in this context

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $3.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.9B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $2.8B
other_financial_assistance · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.6B
grants · Department of Agriculture
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA $2.5B
grants · Department of Agriculture

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Agency spending context

Department of Agriculture

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of Agriculture
Sampled awards500
Award amount in local sample$82,689,702,291
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Department of the Interior

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of the
Sampled awards473
Award amount in local sample$4,220,353,717
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Department of the Treasury

Matched bill text signal: Secretary of the
Sampled awards78
Award amount in local sample$3,552,473,586
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other_financial_assistance · SLT0022
Award amount
$1,654,766,028

PURPOSE: THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PROGRAM IS AUTHORIZED BY THE CARES ACT AND PROVIDES FUNDING FOR NECESSARY EXPENDITURES INCURRED DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19; FOR COSTS THAT WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE GOVERNMENT'S MOST RECENTLY APPROVED BUDGET AS OF MARCH 27, 2020; AND FOR COSTS THAT WERE INCURRED DURING THE PERIOD THAT BEGINS ON MARCH 1, 2020, AND ENDS ON DECEMBER 31, 2021. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: TREASURY WILL MAKE DIRECT PAYMENTS TO STATE, TERRITORIAL, TRIBAL, AND ELIGIBLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ("ELIGIBLE ENTITIES") TO USE THE FUNDING FOR THE ELIGIBLE PURPOSES OUTLINED IN THE PROGRAM STATUTE, AND TREASURY'S INTERPRETIVE GUIDANCE. END GOAL/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PROGRAM FUNDING WILL ASSIST WITH EXPENDITURES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO REIMBURSE THE COSTS OF BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CAUSED BY REQUIRED CLOSURES; ESTABLISH TEMPORARY PUBLIC MEDICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER MEASURES TO INCREASE COVID-19 TREATMENT CAPACITY, INCLUDING RELATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS; PROVISION OF COVID-19 TESTING, INCLUDING SEROLOGICAL TESTING; ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING PUBLIC TELEMEDICINE CAPABILITIES FOR COVID-19-RELATED TREATMENT; CARE EXPENSES FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATIONS TO MITIGATE COVID-19 EFFECTS AND ENABLE COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH PRECAUTIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COSTS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IF SUCH COSTS WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURSUANT TO THE CARES ACT OR OTHERWISE. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: ESSENTIAL WORKERS, HOUSEHOLDS, SMALL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ELIGIBLE ENTITIES, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ETC. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITY INCLUDES, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CARRYING OUT GRANT PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF THE RECIPIENTS.

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Summary

00 Introduced in House Aug 25, 2021

Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act This bill establishes forest management, forest conservation, and wildfire prevention programs and activities. The bill establishes a collaborative prescribed fire program, an incentive program for large, cross-boundary prescribed fires, a program to remove or treat bark beetle-killed or infested trees, the Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program, and Forest Reserve Revenue Areas to generate revenue for counties. The bill also provides for, among other things the removal of certain trees or parts of those trees that come within 500 feet of an electric power line as hazard trees, the selection and implementation of landscape-scale forest restoration projects, removing the maximum term limits on stewardship end result contracting projects, study of only two alternatives (action vs. nonaction) in proposed collaborative forest management activities, the balancing of the long- and short-term effects of forest management activities on the affected ecosystem while considering injunctive relief, categorical exclusions from certain environmental requirements for specified forest management activities, and the expansion of the fire regime areas outside the wildland-urban interface for which a collaborative restoration project may be conducted.

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