US Congress Senate Bill 1100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-16 - Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 obtains prior approval from the applicable state government and local fire officials. Makes a federal agency that authorizes a prescribed burn liable for any damage to private property, notwithstanding the Federal Tort Claims Act or any state law.

Prescribed Burn Approval Act of 2015

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-16	Senate	Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
2015-04-27	Senate	Read twice and referred sequentially to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry by unanimous consent with instructions that if the bill is reported by that Committee, the bill be referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1100/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1100/BILLS-114s1100is.pdf