U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB204: ACRES Act
Status: Passed one chamber, July 23, 2026
To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
An act To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, July 23, 2026:
AN ACT To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act or the ACRES Act . SECTION 2. Accurate Hazardous Fuels Reduction Reports (a) Inclusion of Hazardous Fuels Reduction Report in Materials Submitted 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 Secretary 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 (ii) record each acre described in clause (i) once in the …
Sponsors
- Tom Tiffany (R, HD-WI-7) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-305.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
- : Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- : Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- : Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
- : DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 204.
- : Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H244-246)
Subjects: Data collection, sharing, protection, Hazardous wastes and toxic substances, Forests, forestry, trees, Fires, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Government studies and investigations, Congressional oversight
Common questions
- What is HB204?
- HB204 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): ACRES Act.
- What does HB204 do?
- In its own words: An act To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB204?
- Passed one chamber as of July 23, 2026. Latest action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report. (July 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB204?
- Tom Tiffany (R, HD-WI-7).
- Where is the official record for HB204?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/204
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