HR390Passed House
ACERO Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-14
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Vince Fong
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.6% (586 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/F000480
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (7)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2026-02-24
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2026-02-24
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyReported By · 2026-02-20
Previously
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-24
- Science, Space, and Technology CommitteeReported By · 2026-02-20
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyMarkup By · 2025-06-11
- Science, Space, and Technology CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-06-11
- House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyReferred To · 2025-01-14
Plain-English Summary
Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations Act or the ACERO Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project. The ACERO project conducts research and development activities regarding aerial response to wildfires using uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and other advanced aviation technologies. It is administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The bill directs the ACERO project to address airspace management and deconfliction during wildfire response efforts, including through real-time information sharing among response teams and the development of a platform to provide situational awareness of aerial assets. The bill also directs the ACERO project to establish a multiagency concept of operations to facilitate the coordination of aerial wildfire response among federal, state, and local government agencies. NASA must consult with other federal agencies and departments to avoid duplication of these efforts. NASA generally may not procure UAS manufactured or assembled by specified foreign entities, including entities domiciled in or controlled by China, for use by the ACERO project.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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