HR 1045 · in committee · niche
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
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What this bill does
- Establishes a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah to research wildfire prevention and forest management.
- Affects Utah researchers, forest managers, and communities in the Southwest region vulnerable to wildfires.
- No specific cost or timeline mentioned; follows the model of existing institutes in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should the federal government decide which states receive dedicated wildfire research institutes, and what criteria matter most?
- 02
What specific wildfire prevention techniques should researchers prioritize studying, and how will findings reach the forest managers who need them?
- 03
Given similar institutes exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, what unique wildfire challenges in Utah justify establishing another regional research center?
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Sponsor · R-UT-3
Mike Kennedy
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
3/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-12-16
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-12-16 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-12-15 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-12-15 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)
2025-12-15 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)
2025-12-15 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1045.
2025-12-15 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5876-5878)
2025-12-15 · house · Floor
Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2025-09-15 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 236.
2025-09-15 · house · Discharge
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
2025-09-15 · Committee
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
2025-09-15 · house · Committee
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.
2025-09-15 · Committee
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.
2025-07-23 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2025-07-23 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-07-23 · house · Committee
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
2025-06-10 · house · Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held
2025-06-03 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
2025-03-14 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-02-06 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-06 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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