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Bill seeks state civil remedy over federal reimbursement for wildfire costs; committee introduces RS 32603
Summary
Representative Judy Boyle introduced RS 32603 to create civil remedies related to wildfires on federal land and to address reimbursement arrears; sponsors said the measure responds to recurring large fires and delayed federal reimbursements to the state.
Representative Judy Boyle (Representative, District 9) introduced RS 32603, a measure described by the sponsor as a response to repeated large wildfires that began on federal lands and to long delays in federal reimbursement to the state for firefighting costs.
Boyle told the committee several fires in her district started small on U.S. Forest Service land and escalated because the Forest Service did not allow state or local rural fire…
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