Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
Directs expanded forest management practices including prescribed burns, timber harvesting, and fuel reduction to prevent wildfires.
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What each section does, and how they differ.
Directs federal agencies to streamline wildfire prevention, detection, and response through consolidation and local partnerships.
Interior and Agriculture secretaries shall consolidate wildland fire programs within 90 days to achieve efficient coordinated fire management.
Secretaries to expand partnerships and mutual aid for federal, state, local, and tribal land management; develop technology roadmap for firefighting capabilities.
EPA and other agencies to enhance mitigation standards; promote land management practices that reduce wildfire risk.
Defense Secretary to declassify satellite data for wildfire prediction; Interior and Agriculture to identify regulatory barriers and develop performance metrics.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.