Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 4038
Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-06-17Topic: public safety · environmentSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, and the head of FEMA in some cases, to set a standard within 90 days for how quickly wildfires on federal land are first evaluated by firefighters or public safety workers. The goal, where practicable, is an evaluation within 30 minutes of ignition and deployment of fire suppression equipment within 3 hours. Within one year, the agencies would have to send Congress a joint report. The report would cover a single point of contact for wildfire response, a combined budget request, performance measures for each agency, the size of the firefighting aircraft and ground fleet needed to meet the time goals, and changes to dispatch and contracting systems.
Sponsors
- Young Kim Republican sponsor
- 2 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held | refer |
| 2026-01-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | refer |
| 2025-06-18 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-06-17 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-06-17 | Introduced in House | introduce |