Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
This bill orders the Government Accountability Office (the federal government's auditing and research arm) to study what helps or blocks efforts to prevent wildfires when the work crosses property lines between federal land and private, state, tribal, or local land. It does not create new programs or spend new money on wildfire prevention. It only requires a study and a report to Congress within two years.
Wildfires don't stop at property lines, but the rules governing prevention efforts often do. This bill could help identify why it's so hard for federal, state, tribal, and local agencies to work together on reducing wildfire risk , a problem that directly affects millions of people living in fire-prone areas.