H.R. 204 · 119th Congress

ACRES Act

Introduced on Jan 3, 2025 by Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7). Latest action (Jul 23, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Fires
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025). Public domain.

Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions Act or the ACRES Act

This bill establishes requirements regarding reports about hazardous fuels reduction activities and standardized procedures for tracking data for hazardous fuels reduction. Hazardous fuels reduction activities means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire but excludes the award of contracts to conduct hazardous fuels reduction activities.

First, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior must 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.

Next, USDA and Interior must implement standardized procedures for tracking data related to such activities. The standardized procedures must include

  • regular, standardized data reviews of the accuracy and timely input of data used to track hazardous fuels reduction activities;
  • verification methods that validate whether such data accurately correlates to such activities;
  • an analysis of the short- and long-term effectiveness of such activities on reducing the risk of wildfire; and
  • 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.

Finally, the Government Accountability Office must (1) conduct a study on this bill's implementation, and (2) submit a report to Congress with the results of the study.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Thomas P. TiffanyR-WI-7Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jan 3, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  6. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H244-246)
  7. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 204.
  8. Jan 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
  9. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H244-245)
  10. Jan 21, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. Jan 22, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  12. Feb 12, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
  13. Mar 4, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  14. Jul 23, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
  15. Jul 23, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
  16. Jul 23, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $9.4M reported (all issues)
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  3. The Nature Conservancy1 report
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.