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118TH CONGRESS J REPT. 118-186
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
ACCURATELY COUNTING RISK ELIMINATION SOLUTIONS
ACT
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1567]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1567) to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding haz-
ardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions
Act or the ACRES Act.
SEC. 2. ACCURATE HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION REPORTS.
(a) INCLUSION OF HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION REPORT IN MATERIALS SUB-
MITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-Beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary
concerned shall include in the materials submitted in support of the President's
budget pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on the
number of acres of Federal land on which the Secretary concerned carried out
hazardous fuels reduction activities during the preceding fiscal year.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.-For purposes of the report required under paragraph (1),
the Secretary concerned shall-
(A) in determining the number of acres of Federal land on which the Sec-
retary concerned carried out hazardous fuels reduction activities during the
period covered by the report-
(i) record acres of Federal land on which hazardous fuels reduction
activities were completed during such period; and
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