Establishes policies, protocols, reporting, and fuels management to specifically mitigate wildland fires and environmental damage attributed to 'aliens without lawful immigration status' crossing the border, increasing focus and resources on immigration-related border enforcement activities.
the Secretary concerned, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish and implement policies and protocols to mitigate, avoid, or prevent-- (1) wildland fires ignited by aliens without lawful immigration status; and (2) environmental degradation on covered Federal lands caused by aliens without lawful immigration status crossing the southern border.
Creates a Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative whose explicit purposes include improving operational control of the southern border and visibility for law enforcement, while authorizing funding and coordination with Border Patrol to address issues linked to illegal immigration.
(2) improve operational control of the southern border; and (3) improve visibility and sight lines along the southern border to increase safety for law enforcement.
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2025-04-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses immigration enforcement by directing federal land agencies to create specific policies, protocols, fuels reduction, and reporting focused on environmental and wildfire harms caused by unauthorized border crossings, while tying vegetation management to improved border operational control and law enforcement access.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-03-11
Libra
Introduced in House
2025-03-11
Libra
Introduced in House
2025-03-11
House
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.
2025-03-11
House
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.