Fire Innovation Unit Act of 2025

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, acting jointly, to set up a pilot program within one year to test and deploy new wildfire technologies. Private companies, nonprofits, and colleges could apply to demonstrate technologies for wildfire prevention, detection, communication, response, and mitigation, and would be paired with federal, state, Tribal, or local agencies for real-world testing. The Secretaries would set criteria for judging the technologies based on effectiveness, scalability, and cost-efficiency, and would report to Congress each year. The pilot program would end 7 years after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Ben Ray Luján Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors