ACRES Act
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Thomas P. Tiffany
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill establishes requirements regarding reports about hazardous fuels reduction activities and standardized procedures for tracking data for hazardous fuels reduction. Hazardous fuels reduction activities means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire but excludes the award of contracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities.
First, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior must include in the materials submitted in support of the President's budget each fiscal year a report on the number of acres of federal land on which such activities were carried out during the preceding year.
Next, USDA and Interior must implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to such activities. The standardized procedures must include
regular, standardized data reviews of the accuracy and timely input of data used to track hazardous fuels reduction activities;
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Jul 23, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
- Jul 23, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- Mar 4, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 12, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
- Jan 22, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jan 21, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 21, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
- Jan 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
- Jan 21, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 204.
- Jan 21, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H244-246)
- Jan 21, 2025Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 3, 2025Referred 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.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House