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US HB4295
Bill
Status
7/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Val Hoyle
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AI Summary
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Provides $30 billion in mandatory funding to five federal agencies (National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs) for hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal lands, with up to 10% available for administrative costs
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Prioritizes projects in at-risk communities, high-value watersheds, areas with very high wildfire hazard potential, and fire regime I, II, or III zones, using methods such as prescribed fire, thinning, brush removal, and mastication
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Authorizes $3 billion for fiscal years 2027-2031 for the Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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Reauthorizes and expands the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, increasing annual funding from $80 million to $100 million and extending maximum project proposals from 10 to 20 years
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Establishes a County Stewardship Fund that distributes 25% of forest product receipts from stewardship contracts to counties where the contracts were carried out, with funds available for any governmental purpose
Legislative Description
Wildfire Resilient Communities Act
Public lands and natural resources
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
7/7/2025