HouseH.R. 9534119th Congress

Wildfire Response Modernization Act

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9534 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9534

    To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to procure space-based 
    commercial data and end products to support the efforts of the 
  Department of Defense and the wildfire mission of the United States 
                           Northern Command.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2026

 Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Carbajal, 
and Mr. Crow) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
    To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to procure space-based 
    commercial data and end products to support the efforts of the 
  Department of Defense and the wildfire mission of the United States 
                           Northern Command.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wildfire Response Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE-BASED DATA TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE 
              RESILIENCE.

    (a) Procurement.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for 
such purpose, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the 
Commercial Space Office and in coordination with the FireGuard program 
of the National Guard and the Commander of the United States Northern 
Command, shall procure space-based commercial data and end products to 
support the efforts of the Department of Defense and the wildfire 
mission of the United States Northern Command by delivering timely, 
effective military support to the Federal Government and State, local, 
and Tribal governments to protect military readiness and installations, 
provide emergency military support to civil authorities, and conduct 
proactive wildland fire management.
    (b) Authorized Sharing.--The Secretary may share space-based 
commercial data and end products procured under subsection (a) with 
State, local, and Tribal governments to assist with firefighting 
efforts.
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