{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1567","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1567","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"ACRES Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"ACRES Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"ACRES Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"ACRES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"ACRES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"ACRES Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-09-13","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h386","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"ACRES Act","result":"Passed","yea":406,"nay":4,"present":0,"not_voting":23,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll386.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2023-09-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-09-08","stage":"Reported to House, Part I","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act or the ACRES Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels reduction activity."},{"k":"p","t":"Hazardous fuels reduction activity means any vegetation management activity to reduce the risk of wildfire but excludes the award of contracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, USDA and Interior must"},{"k":"li","t":"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, and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to such activities.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The standardized procedures must include"},{"k":"li","t":"regular, standardized data reviews of the accuracy and timely input of data used to track hazardous fuels reduction activities;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"verification methods that validate whether such data accurately correlates to such activities;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"an analysis of the short- and long-term effectiveness of such activities on reducing the risk of wildfire; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"for hazardous fuels reduction activities that occur partially within the wildland-urban interface, methods to distinguish which acres are located within and which located outside the wildland-urban interface.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"The Government Accountability Office shall (1) conduct a study on this bill's implementation, and (2) submit a report to Congress with the results of the study."}],"words":218},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to report each year on acres of Federal land where hazardous fuels reduction activities were carried out, and to put standardized data-tracking procedures in place.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}]},"core_areas":["Annual reporting of acres treated by hazardous fuels reduction activities","Standardized data tracking and verification for hazardous fuels reduction","Government Accountability Office study of the Act's implementation"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary concerned, beginning with the first fiscal year after enactment, to include in the President's budget materials a report on the acres of Federal land where hazardous fuels reduction activities were carried out in the preceding fiscal year, and to post each report publicly on department websites.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}},{"text":"Requires each acre to be recorded once in the report even if multiple activities were carried out on it, and requires information on wildland-urban interface location, wildfire risk level (high, moderate, or low) at the start and end of the period, activity types, cost per acre, region or system unit, and effectiveness.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary concerned, within 90 days of enactment, to implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to the hazardous fuels reduction activities that the Secretary carries out.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}},{"text":"Requires the procedures to include regular data reviews, verification methods, an analysis of short- and long-term effectiveness in reducing wildfire risk, and methods to separate acres inside the wildland-urban interface from acres outside it.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary concerned, within 2 weeks after implementing the procedures, to submit to Congress a report describing them and giving program and policy recommendations to address limitations in tracking data.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}},{"text":"Requires the Comptroller General, within 2 years of enactment, to study the implementation of the Act, including limitations in reporting and data tracking, and to submit a report on the results to Congress.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh#H4CF336AFCA3A46F5B46A22CC03251D41"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-09-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1567/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1567.png","v":"111624db519d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1567, 118th Congress: ACRES Act. House: 406 Yea, 4 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Sep 2023."}}