BRUSH Fires Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3553 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3553 To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a study with respect to the effectiveness of available wildfire mitigation methods in reducing the risk of wildfire and the severity of damages from wildfire in communities within or adjacent to shrubland ecosystems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2025 Mr. Min (for himself, Mrs. Kim, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Levin, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Whitesides, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Ansari, and Ms. Jacobs) 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 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a study with respect to the effectiveness of available wildfire mitigation methods in reducing the risk of wildfire and the severity of damages from wildfire in communities within or adjacent to shrubland ecosystems, 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. This Act may be cited as the ``Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act'' or the ``BRUSH Fires Act''. SEC. 2. SHRUBLAND WILDFIRE MITIGATION STUDY. (a) Study.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of wildfire mitigation methods available to the Forest Service as a means of reducing the risk of wildfire in cove