SB2015 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025.

What is the status of SB2015?

In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635. (September 17, 2026).

Who sponsored SB2015?

Wyden, Ron (D, SD-OR), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB2015?

On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2015

U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress

SB2015: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025

Q: What does SB2015 do?

In its own words: To direct 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 units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.

Status: In committee, September 17, 2026

A bill to direct 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 units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.

What the bill says

To direct 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 units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.

From the introduced text, September 17, 2026:

A BILL To direct 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 units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--Use of funds Sec. 101. Definition of prescribed fire. Sec. 102. Prescribed fire funding. Sec. 103. Policies and practices. Sec. 104. Collaborative Prescribed Fire Program. TITLE II--Facilitating implementation and outreach Sec. 201. Cooperative agreements and contracts. Sec. 202. Human resources. Sec. 203. Liability of prescribed fire managers. Sec. 204. Environmental review. Sec. 205. Prescribed fire education program. TITLE III--Reporting Sec. 301. Annual reports to National Fire Planning and Operations Database. Sec. 302. Annual implementation report. SECTION 2. Definitions In this and (B) the Committee on Natural Resources, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Federal …

SB2015: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025

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