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OR SJM9

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Status

Failed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Daniel Bonham

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Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Urges the President, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Agriculture to direct federal agencies to be as aggressive as possible in preventing, mitigating, and suppressing wildfires on federal lands

  • Cites unprecedented wildfire activity in Oregon during the 2020s, with fires growing more rapidly than throughout the state's entire history

  • Notes Oregon wildfires have killed at least 13 people, burned more than 2 million acres, and destroyed thousands of homes since 2019

  • References the 2020 Labor Day fires in Santiam Canyon that killed five Oregonians, and criticizes stalled investigations by the U.S. Forest Service, State Forestry Department, and county agencies into the fires' origins

  • Directs that copies of the memorial be sent to the President, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Agriculture

Legislative Description

Urging the President, the United States Secretary of the Interior and the United States Secretary of Agriculture to direct federal agencies to be as aggressive as possible in preventing, mitigating and suppressing wildfires on federal lands.

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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