Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act of 1988

Summary

Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act of 1988 - Amends the Wilderness Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, for national forest system lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, for lands under his jurisdiction, to aggressively fight wildfire in lands within the National Wilderness Preservation System using all available means, including chemicals and helicopters, in the same manner that wildfire would be fought on other lands not in the System. States that the Congress does not intend wildfire in wilderness areas to be left alone to burn itself out naturally. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to review Federal policy for wildfire-prone areas and develop a new fire policy for the National Park System.

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Timeline

1. 13 September 1988

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 13 September 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 September 1988

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.

   Source: Committee

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1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 13 September 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Hecht, Chic [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• · sseg00 · Standing

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