Rep. Tom McClintock (R–Elk Grove) is pushing two bills that would require better maintenance for national forests, as well as another bill to give law enforcement and firefighters better access to national parks.

McClintock spoke to The Sun about his current bills for a podcast interview on Sunrise FM, among other topics.

Put out the Fire Act: The Put out the Fire Act, H.R. 178, will require the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to put out wildfires when they occur, returning federal policy to what the government followed decades ago. • McClintock said the bill came in response to the Tamarack Fire, which burned nearly 70,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada mountains from July 4, 2021, to Oct. 8, 2021. • The USFS allowed the fire to burn naturally with the assumption that it would be limited by

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