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HR836Passed House

Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-31
Introduced
5
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

David G. Valadao
David G. Valadao
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.1% (596 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/V000129

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (5)

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

5 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2025-02-06

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryReferred To · 2025-02-06
  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-01-31
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-01-31

Plain-English Summary

Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025 This bill requires the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to (1) jointly evaluate the container aerial firefighting system to assess its use to mitigate and suppress wildfires, and (2) report on the results of the evaluation to Congress. The system allows for the use of airdrop-capable disposable containers of water or fire retardant in order to increase the number of airlift assets available for wildfire emergencies.

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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