HR 4852 · in committee · major
Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025
- defense
What this bill does
- Creates grants and training programs to help fire departments and emergency responders prepare for and respond to wildfires.
- Affects firefighters, emergency medical services, and communities in wildland-urban interface areas where development meets wildland.
- Establishes a new Agriculture Under Secretary position and requires federal agencies to coordinate resources and reimburse each other for assistance.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should federal wildfire preparedness funding be distributed between rural fire departments with limited budgets and urban-suburban communities in the wildland-urban interface?
- 02
What specific training gaps do current firefighters and emergency responders face when responding to wildfires, and would new federal programs address those needs?
- 03
Who would bear the costs of federal agency coordination and reimbursement for mutual wildfire assistance, and how might this affect emergency response times?
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Sponsor · D-CA-9
Josh Harder
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
14/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-08-02
Joining the bill
David G. Valadao
R-CA-22 · original
Young Kim
R-CA-40
Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1
Salud O. Carbajal
D-CA-24
Judy Chu
D-CA-28
Jim Costa
D-CA-21
Donald Norcross
D-NJ-1
Maxine Dexter
D-OR-3
Joe Neguse
D-CO-2
Josh Gottheimer
D-NJ-5
Scott H. Peters
D-CA-50
+ 2 more
Legislative timeline
2025-08-02 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2025-08-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, 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.
2025-08-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, 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.
2025-08-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, 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.
2025-08-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, 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.
2025-08-01 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Education and Workforce, 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.
2025-08-01 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-08-01 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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