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HR 1655 · introduced · significant

Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act

What this bill does

  • Wildfire-damaged communications infrastructure can be rebuilt faster by skipping certain federal environmental and historic preservation reviews.
  • Communications companies and utilities affected by wildfires in declared disaster areas benefit from streamlined project approval.
  • Exemptions apply to projects completed within five years after a wildfire disaster declaration in the affected area.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

  1. 01

    How would streamlining federal environmental reviews for wildfire-damaged infrastructure affect habitat restoration and species protection in burned areas?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between faster communications restoration and compliance with historic preservation requirements in disaster-affected communities?

  3. 03

    Which communications infrastructure projects should qualify for expedited approval, and how would the five-year timeline align with actual rebuild timelines?

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Cliff Bentz

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Introduced 2025-06-10

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-06-10 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  2. 2025-06-03 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  3. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

  4. 2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.

  5. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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