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This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on the western United States. It also acknowledges and supports the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners. The bill provides funding flexibility for prescribed fire activities, requires increases in the acreage of prescribed fires conducted on federal land each year, establishes a Collaborative Prescribed Fire Program to select and fund prescribed fire projects, and includes provisions to facilitate implementation and outreach, such as addressing liability and workforce development. It also requires reporting on prescribed fire accomplishments and implementation of the Act.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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