Sec. 204. Prescribed fire claims fund study
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall complete a study of the feasibility, design, and effectiveness of a national prescribed fire claims fund (or similar mechanism) to increase the pace and scale of prescribed fire across all lands by multiple users and for multiple objectives. The study required under subsection
(a)shall include an analysis of the following: The feasibility at the national level of a claims fund or other mechanism to supplement, replace, or backstop private insurance for prescribed fire and adverse smoke impacts. The design and administration of such a fund. The effectiveness of a national claims fund or other mechanism to supplement, replace, or backstop private market insurance for non-Federal or State government prescribed fire practitioners. The eligibility requirements for submission of claims to such a fund with an emphasis on equity and inclusivity of all types of prescribed fire practitioners and methods of practice. The role and influence of State liability laws on prescribed fire practitioner liability; the impact of State liability laws on the availability and affordability of insurance for prescribed fire; and how States may be incentivized to enact laws clearly establishing and reducing practitioner liability for civil suits and suppression and investigation cost recovery.