WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., introduced the "Fair Repair Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4422. A bill to require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. * * * SECTION 1  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced the "National Prescribed Fire Act" on May 23, 2024. The text of the bill was released on July 19. S. 4424. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding   more