Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2026 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2026 To mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2025 Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 mitigate environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by illegal immigration along the southern border of the United States, 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 ``Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate. (2) Border state.--The term ``Border State'' means a State that abuts the southern border. (3) Covered federal lands.-- (A) In general.--The term ``covered Federal lands'' means land-- (i) owned by the United States; (ii) located in a unit that shares an exterior boundary with the southern border; and (iii) administered by-- (I) th