Contact Congress about H.R. 204: ACRES Act

Federal land agencies would have to report finished wildfire fuel cleanup each year. They would have to show the cost, location, risk level, and results. The bill adds tracking rules, but no new funding.

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ACRES Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Latest action on H.R. 204: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects federal agencies that manage public land and wildfire fuel work. It also matters to Congress, local governments, researchers, and people who live near fire-prone federal land. These groups would get clearer information about where cleanup happens, what it costs, and whether it lowers risk.

Why this matters: Wildfire fuel cleanup can affect whether fires spread into homes, roads, power lines, and other local infrastructure. This bill would not require more cleanup by itself. Instead, it would make agencies give clearer proof of what work they finished and whether it helped lower risk. Better data could help Congress and land managers decide where future wildfire money and effort should go.

Key provisions in H.R. 204

• The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior would have to file a yearly wildfire fuel cleanup report. It would go with the President's budget materials.
• Agencies could count only acres where cleanup work was finished in the last fiscal year. They could count each acre only once, even if crews treated it more than one way.
• For each treated acre, agencies would have to show the wildfire risk at the start and end of the reporting period. The risk level must be high, moderate, or low.
• Reports would have to show what kind of treatment was used. They must also say whether it happened during a wildfire managed for land benefits or through a planned project.
• Reports would have to show the cost per acre. They also must name the region or National Park System unit where the work happened.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 204

What is H.R. 204?

Federal land agencies would have to report finished wildfire fuel cleanup each year. They would have to show the cost, location, risk level, and results. The bill adds tracking rules, but no new funding.

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