Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
April 2-4, 2024
House Investigative Committee on The Panhandle Wildfires (April 2, April 3, April 4)
Pampa, Texas
Topics:
(1) factors contributing to the wildfires;
(2) allocation of resources to and effectiveness of wildfire disaster preparedness and response; and
(3) coordination between local, state, and federal governmental entites with regard to wildfire prevention, disaster preparedness, and response.
- Xcel Energy Acknowledges Role in Texas' Smokehouse Creek Wildfire, Texas Tribune, March 7, 2024
- In Texas, a Powerful Combination of Dry Land and High Winds Fuels Wildfires, NBC News, February 29, 2024
- Federal Assistance for Wildfire Response and Recovery, Congressional Research Service, updated August 11, 2023
- Texas Wildfire Protection Plan, 2024-2025 Biennium, Texas A&M Forest Service, revised May 2023
- Federal Interagency Wildfire Response Framework, Congressional Research Service, April 21, 2023
- Forest Action Plan and Forest Action Plan Data Explorer, Texas A&M Forest Service, amended July 2021
- Bastrop – A Story of Wildfire and Restoration, Texas A&M Forest Service
- Confronting the Wildfire Crisis, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture