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HR1045Passed House

Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-06
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Mike Kennedy
Mike Kennedy
Republican · UT · Representative
Votes with party: 93.5% (661 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/K000403

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1)Original· 2025-02-06
  • Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)Original· 2025-02-06
  • Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2)Original· 2025-02-06

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2025-12-16

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-12-16
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2025-09-15
  • House Committee on AgricultureDischarged From · 2025-09-15

Previously

  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2025-07-23
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesDischarged from · 2025-07-23
  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-02-06
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-02-06

Plain-English Summary

Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Public Lands and Natural Resources
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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