To improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out forest management activities that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7578 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7578 To improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out forest management activities that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2026 Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry out forest management activities that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Targeted Operations to Remove Catastrophic Hazards Act'' or the ``TORCH Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I--HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION ACTIVITIES Sec. 101. Categorical exclusion for high-priority hazard tree activities. Sec. 102. Utilizing timber sales on National Forest System land for extreme risk reduction. Sec. 103. Utilizing grazing for wildfire risk reduction. Sec. 104. Amendments to the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 to improve wildfire mitigation. Sec. 105. Amendment to fuel breaks in forests and other wildland vegetation. TITLE II--GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY Sec. 201. Modification of the