Legislation

Rep. McClintock Remarks in Support of the “Fix Our Forests Act”

January 23, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Comprehensive, bipartisan legislation to restore forest health and increase resiliency to catastrophic wildfires has passed the House floor. The legislation, H.R. 471, will provide agencies with critical tools to implement vital forest management projects immediately. Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) is a co-sponsor of the legislation. The Congressman delivered remarks in support of the legislation during House floor debate today, noting that provisions in the measure include his previously introduced legislation the Proven Forest Management Act. The Proven Forest Management Act expands reforms that were secured for the Tahoe Basin in the 2016 WINN Act, and which have successfully increased treated acreage in the Tahoe Basin. The legislation will next go to the Senate.

Issues:Local IssuesLegislationForest FireCalifornia

Legislation Requiring the U.S. Forest Service to Immediately Suppress Wildfires Passes House Natural Resources Committee

September 20, 2023

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – H.R. 934 by Rep. Tom McClintock passed the House Natural Resources Committee today by a voice vote. The legislation requires the U.S. Forest Service to aggressively attack fires when they are first detected in forests that pose a severe fire hazard. McClintock first introduced this legislation after the disastrous Tamarack fire that was allowed to burn for 12 days before it exploded out of control and destroyed 70,000 acres of forestland in Alpine County in 2021. “It is dangerous nonsense to “monitor” incipient fires in today’s forest tinderbox, even if they seem to pose no immediate danger,” McClintock told the committee. “No person in his right mind would “monitor” a rattlesnake curled up in his bedroom because it isn’t doing much of anything. He would kill it before it does.”

Issues:Natural Resources CommitteeLegislationForest Fire

Proven Forest Management Act Passes House Natural Resources Committee

June 13, 2023

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – The Proven Forest Management Act, H.R. 188, has passed the House Natural Resources Committee and will next go to the House Floor.

H.R. 188 expands throughout the entire National Forest System the categorical exclusion for forest management projects that was secured for the Tahoe Basin in the 2016 WINN Act.

"Excess timber comes out of the forest in only two ways – it is either carried out or it burns out. For most of the 20th Century, we carried it out," McClintock said.

Issues:Natural Resources CommitteeLocal IssuesLegislationForest FireCalifornia

Legislation

Rep. McClintock Introduces Six Bills at the Start of the 118th Congress

January 12, 2023

Press Release

California Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-05) introduced several bills at the start of the 118th Congress.

Issues:ConstitutionLocal IssuesLegislationForest Fire

2022 Lake Tahoe Summit

August 16, 2022

Speeches

Congressman McClintock delivered the following remarks at the 2022 Lake Tahoe Summit on August 16th.

Watch full remarks here and a transcript is below:

Issues:Local IssuesLegislationForest Fire

Rep. McClintock and Rep. LaMalfa Introduce Legislation Requiring the U.S. Forest Service to Immediately Suppress Wildfires

March 2, 2022

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04) and Congressman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) introduced legislation directing the U.S. Forest Service to immediately suppress wildfires on National Forest System lands and put an end to the policy of letting fires burn.

Issues:Local IssuesLegislationForest FireCalifornia

McClintock Introduces Bill to Offer Law Enforcement Officers Lifetime Passes to National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands

May 14, 2021

Press Release

Washington - Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04) has introduced legisaltion to offer law enforcement officers lifetime passes to National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands.

"As a small token of appreciation to our law enforcement officers, I have introduced HR 3206 to offer them lifetime passes to our National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands, on behalf of a grateful nation," remarked Rep. McClintock upon introduction of the legislation.

The legislation is HR 3206.

Issues:Natural Resources CommitteeLocal IssuesLegislation

McClintock, Lee Introduce Bill to Repeal Jones Act

May 14, 2021

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) have introduced the Open America’s Water Act, a bill that would repeal the Jones Act and allow all qualified vessels to engage in domestic trade between U.S. ports.

Issues:LegislationGovernment Regulation

Water Optimization for the West (WOW) Act Introduced to Provide Pathway to Water Abundance

November 21, 2019

Press Release

California Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04) and 11 members representing western states today introduced legislation designed to reform water policy in the west. “Western water policy is a bureaucratic nightmare designed to delay and deny the storage, delivery and use of our abundant water by farmers and residents. Environmental groups have used the law to block construction on new reservoirs, resulting in man-made droughts that have devastated entire communities. This legislation provides a common-sense approach to allowing water to flow quickly and efficiently to the communities that need it, while maintaining environmental protections,” McClintock said...

Issues:Local IssuesLegislationCalifornia Water CrisisCalifornia