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This bill would add Utah to a 2004 law that supports research and work on forest health and wildfire prevention in the Southwest. In simple terms, it would require a new wildfire research institute to be set up in Utah, so the state can take part in the program alongside the other states already listed in the law. The goal is to strengthen research and planning to help prevent wildfires and improve forest health in the region.
- It changes the existing law to name Utah as an additional state for an institute under the program.
- It also makes a related wording change so Utah is included with Colorado in the law’s list of covered states.
Official Summaries
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 457 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 457
To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of
2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that
Act.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of
2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that
Act.
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 ``Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INSTITUTE.
(a) In General.--Section 5(b)(2) of the Southwest Forest Health and
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6704(b)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) the State of Utah.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5(e)(1) of the Southwest Forest
Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6704(e)(1)) is
amended by striking ``and Colorado'' and inserting ``Colorado, and
Utah''.
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