House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Bruce Westerman R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2015
- Committee actionJun 11, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2015 · 262–167
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 634.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2647.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015, Agriculture Committee” on June 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on June 17, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50349
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015, Natural Resources Committee” on June 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50350
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a2e525e0fe104191562198e04c463dcce490699d4034a2f67adb8e05e7d03e
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-185,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 114-185,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/185
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/185 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a2e525e0fe104191562198e04c463dcce490699d4034a2f67adb8e05e7d03e
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 89, June 4, 2015, Page H3915):Article IV, section 3, clause 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2647, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2647
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c6a2e525e0fe104191562198e04c463dcce490699d4034a2f67adb8e05e7d03e
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman.
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- H.R. 886 (114th) State Flexibility and Workforce Requirement Act of 2015
- H.R. 6294 (114th) Geospatial Data Act of 2016
- H.R. 1230 (114th) Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2015
- H.R. 1724 (114th) Transportation Funds Exemption Act of 2015
- H.R. 2565 (114th) Prioritizing American Road and Jobs Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.