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H.R. 3188: Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

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H.R. 3188: Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-26 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

Plain summary

Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to affected Stanislaus National Forest lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, as part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the Forest and the BLM lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, to promptly plan and implement salvage timber sales of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from the wildfire. Requires such salvage timber sales to proceed immediately and to completion. Declares that such sales shall not be subject to administrative or judicial review in any U.S. court.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] · 12 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3188 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113