United States · Law · HR
H.R. 2696 (108th)
Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004
Introduced
10 July 2003
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Status
Became Public Law No: 108-317.
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24 March 2026
Summary
Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to: (1) establish three Institutes (one each in Arizona at Northern Arizona University, New Mexico, and Colorado) to promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah; and (2) assist the Institutes to promote such management. Defines adaptive ecosystem management as a natural resource management process under which planning, implementation, monitoring, research, evaluation, and incorporation of new knowledge are combined into a management approach that is: (1) based on scientific findings and the needs of society; and (2) used to modify future management methods and policy. Prescribes requirements for cooperation among the Institutes and Federal programs relating to ecological restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and wildfire management technologies.
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20 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 5 October 2004
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 5 October 2004
Public Law
summary · EN · 5 October 2004
Passed Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 15 September 2004
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 March 2004
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 29 March 2004
Reported to Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 29 March 2004
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 25 February 2004
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 25 February 2004
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 24 February 2004
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 24 February 2004
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 24 February 2004
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 21 November 2003
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 21 November 2003
Reported to House amended, Part I
summary · EN · 21 November 2003
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 10 July 2003
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2696
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2696