Detailed Summary

Wildland Fire Safety and Transparency Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Directors of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to jointly submit annual reports to Congress on the wildland firefighter safety practices of the Secretaries, including training programs and activities for wildland fire suppression, prescribed burning, and wildland fire use.

Requires such reports to include: (1) a description of, and any changes to, wildland firefighter safety practices; (2) statistics and trend analyses; (3) an estimate of the amount of federal funds spent by the Secretaries on wildland firefighter safety practices; and (4) progress made in implementing recommendations from the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), or an agency report related to a wildland firefighting fatality issued during the preceding ten years; and (5) a description of the provisions related to wildland firefighter safety practices in any federal contract or other agreement governing the provision of wildland firefighters by a non-federal entity and a summary of any actions taken by the Secretaries to ensure compliance with the safety practices provisions.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 6/26/2007: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 229.

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