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118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-914
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION, EVALUATION,
MODERNIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2024.-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
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4235]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4235) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior to establish a wildfire technology testbed pilot
program, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports 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 Wildfire Technology Demonstration, Evaluation,
Modernization, and Optimization Act or the Wildfire Technology DEMO Act.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC-PRIVATE WILDFIRE TECHNOLOGY TESTBED PARTNERSHIP.
(a) DEFINITIONS.-In this Act, the term:
(1) COVERED AGENCY.-The term covered agency means-
(A) each Federal land management agency (as such term is defined in the
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6801));
(B) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(C) the United States Fire Administration;
(D) the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(E) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(F) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(G) the Department of Defense;
(H) a State, Tribal, county, or municipal fire department or district oper-
ating through the United States Fire Administration or pursuant to an
agreement with a Federal agency; and
(I) any other Federal agency involved in wildfire response.
(2) COVERED ENTITY.-The term covered entity means-
(A) a private entity;
(B) a nonprofit organization; or
(C) an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)).
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