AMODEI REACTS TO WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mark Amodei (NV-02) today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted on H.R. 5118, the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act:

“The shamelessness continues – only this majority party leadership in the House could fake a title like this and fill it with nature’s worst nightmares. I vote no.”

H.R. 5118 BACKGROUND:

• Fails to include any provisions to streamline the NEPA process to expedite forest management activities.
• Blocks access to up to 58 million acres of roadless areas across the nation, making them even more susceptible to wildfires.
• Includes so-called “Environmental Justice” provisions that would only make the regulatory arena worse and open federal land management agencies up to frivolous litigation from environmental groups.
• Authorizes more than $4 billion in new federal funding, channeling money toward unnecessary research, studies and environmental restoration projects that don’t deliver water to communities now.
• Creates a federal water monitoring program that could be weaponized by potential litigants against farmers and ranchers to further curtail their access to water.

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