The record

LegislationLegislation· Jul 2026
HR 204 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Thomas P. Tiffany (R)

ACRES Act

Requires federal land agencies to report acres treated for wildfire risk reduction and track that data consistently.

Tradeoff

Mandates and Interior to publish annual reports on hazardous fuels reduction and standardize how they measure it. No new federal money authorized; agencies must fund this from existing budgets.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $33 million over 2026-2031 for federal spending subject to .

The $33 million is the federal cost to hire 30 additional staff and upgrade data systems so the Agriculture and Interior departments can standardize and report their wildfire reduction efforts; the bill itself creates no direct spending on wildfire activities, only on tracking and reporting them.

H.R. 204, ACRES Act · Apr 2026

Passed the House by on January 21, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Jan 3, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jan 21, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Jan 22, 2025)

  5. Senate

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Mar 4, 2026)