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HR 836 · in committee · niche

Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Forest Service and Department of Interior to evaluate a container aerial firefighting system for wildfire suppression.
  • Federal agencies managing wildlands and Congress will use the evaluation to assess new firefighting technology.
  • The agencies must report findings to Congress; no specific funding or deadline is mentioned in the bill summary.

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  1. 01

    What specific metrics should federal agencies use to evaluate whether this aerial firefighting container system is more effective than current wildfire suppression methods?

  2. 02

    If this technology proves successful, how should the federal government fund its deployment across national forests and public lands?

  3. 03

    What timeline and resource requirements do you think agencies need to complete a thorough evaluation before reporting results to Congress?

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Sponsor · R-CA-22

David G. Valadao

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Introduced 2025-02-06

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-06 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-02-05 · house · Floor

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

  3. 2025-02-05 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)

  4. 2025-02-05 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)

  5. 2025-02-05 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 836.

  6. 2025-02-05 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H478-480)

  7. 2025-02-05 · house · Floor

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

  8. 2025-01-31 · 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.

  9. 2025-01-31 · 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.

  10. 2025-01-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  11. 2025-01-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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