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HR 1045 · in committee · niche

Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025

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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  1. 01

    How should the federal government decide which states receive dedicated wildfire research institutes, and what criteria matter most?

  2. 02

    What specific wildfire prevention techniques should researchers prioritize studying, and how will findings reach the forest managers who need them?

  3. 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

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Introduced 2025-12-16

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-16 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  2. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)

  4. 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)

  5. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1045.

  6. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5876-5878)

  7. 2025-12-15 · house · Floor

    Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-09-15 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 236.

  9. 2025-09-15 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  10. 2025-09-15 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  11. 2025-09-15 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.

  12. 2025-09-15 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.

  13. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  14. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  16. 2025-06-10 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  17. 2025-06-03 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  18. 2025-03-14 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 2025-02-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  22. 2025-02-06 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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