Cosponsor
Sign in

HR 390 · in committee · niche

ACERO Act

What this bill does

  • This bill authorizes NASA to research and develop uncrewed aircraft systems for fighting wildfires.
  • Federal, state, and local emergency response agencies are affected by coordination requirements.
  • The bill restricts aircraft procurement from certain foreign entities, especially China.

Generated by claude-haiku-4-5

Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

  1. 01

    How would uncrewed aircraft systems improve wildfire response compared to current methods, and what evidence supports their effectiveness?

  2. 02

    Which federal, state, and local agencies would need to coordinate under this bill, and what challenges might arise in that coordination?

  3. 03

    What trade-offs exist between restricting aircraft procurement from certain foreign entities and the potential cost or availability of equipment for wildfire fighting?

Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.

Sponsor · R-CA-20

Vince Fong

Citizen cosponsors

0

In Congress

7/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2026-02-24

Joining the bill

Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-02-24 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

    The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

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

  4. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2241)

  5. 2026-02-23 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2241)

  6. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 390.

  7. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2241-2242)

  8. 2026-02-23 · house · Floor

    Mr. Babin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  9. 2026-02-20 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.

  10. 2026-02-20 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 119-501.

  11. 2026-02-20 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 119-501.

  12. 2025-06-11 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 0.

  13. 2025-06-11 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  14. 2025-01-14 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

  15. 2025-01-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  16. 2025-01-14 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

Congress.gov ↗

Citizen comments

Sign in to comment on this bill.

No comments yet — be the first.