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Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill authorizes NOAA to establish coordinated wildfire forecasting and response services, including a fire weather test bed and digital platform.
  • Federal wildland firefighters, fire management officials, and incident meteorologists are affected by exemptions from premium pay limitations.
  • The bill directs NOAA to conduct annual assessments and requires the GAO to evaluate implementation of the fire weather program.

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  1. 01

    How should federal wildland firefighters' premium pay exemptions be balanced against budget constraints for other wildfire response programs?

  2. 02

    What specific metrics would you want NOAA to use when assessing whether the fire weather test bed actually improves firefighting outcomes?

  3. 03

    Which stakeholders—states, tribes, local fire departments, or private landowners—should have decision-making power over NOAA's new coordinated forecasting platform?

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Sponsor · D-WA

Maria Cantwell

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Introduced 2025-09-11

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-11 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-09-11 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-09-11 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-09-10 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  5. 2025-09-10 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

  6. 2025-07-16 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.

  7. 2025-07-16 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-42.

  8. 2025-07-16 · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-42.

  9. 2025-02-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-02-04 · senate · Floor

    Star Print ordered on the bill.

  11. 2025-01-29 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  12. 2025-01-29 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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