Senate
Jul 16, 2015

A bill to require State and local government approval of prescribed burns on Federal land during conditions of drought or fire danger.

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Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015 Bars any federal agency from authorizing a prescribed burn on federal land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the federal land is located, the grassland fire danger index indicates a high, very high, or extreme danger of grassland fire or the Forest Service has declared a very high or extreme fire danger, unless the agency...

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Introduced(4/27/15)
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Passed House
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JT

Mr. Thune

Senate (R) South Dakota

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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-154.

Jul 16, 2015