Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Apr 4, 2025
What it does
The EMBER Act would establish a Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative to reduce wildfire risk and improve border security through vegetation management, fuel breaks, and invasive species control on federal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border, administered by the Secretary of the Interior with $3.66 million annually authorized from 2026 to 2032. It also requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, in coordination with Homeland Security, to develop policies and protocols to prevent wildfires and environmental degradation caused by individuals without lawful immigration status, including trash reduction and habitat protection, and to report findings to Congress. The bill…
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