Wildfire Research Coordination Act of 2026

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Introduced 2026-07-30Topic: environment · veterans military · public safety

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This bill would require the Secretary of Defense, within 180 days of the law taking effect, to sign a joint agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture (through the Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior on wildfire science research. The agreement would identify shared research and technology priorities, such as mitigation, ecological resilience, fire and smoke modeling, response, and post-fire recovery. These priorities would line up with existing Defense Department environmental research programs and the Joint Fire Science Program run by Agriculture and Interior. The agreement would also direct coordination among these programs. Within one year, the Secretary of Defense would report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on the steps taken.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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
2026-07-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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
2026-07-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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
2026-07-30	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, 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
2026-07-30		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-07-30		Introduced in House	introduce

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