"The House passed legislation on Thursday to overhaul the way the U.S. Forest Service responds to wildfires in national forests.

The bill, passed 262-167, would require litigants to post a cash bond when filing lawsuits against forest restoration projects as a means of handling the Forest Service’s legal costs.

Plaintiffs can get the money to pay for the bond back if they win the lawsuit."

Cristina Marcos reports for The Hill July 9, 2015. [2]