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S 350 · in committee · major

Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill funds forest restoration, wildfire prevention, and energy resilience for critical facilities during extreme weather.
  • It affects the Forest Service, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, hospitals, households, and forestry workers.
  • The bill establishes a 10-year pilot program, expands existing assistance programs, and creates new grant programs for workforce development.

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    How should federal agencies prioritize which forests receive restoration funding under the 10-year pilot program?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between investing in wildfire prevention now versus allocating those resources to other infrastructure or emergency response needs?

  3. 03

    Which communities or regions would benefit most from the workforce development grants, and how might that affect job opportunities in different areas?

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Sponsor · D-CA

Alex Padilla

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Introduced 2025-07-17

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-17 · senate · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-07-17 · senate · Discharge

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  3. 2025-07-17 · Committee

    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

  4. 2025-01-30 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  5. 2025-01-30 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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