Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB91

Introduced
1/14/25  

Caption

Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025

Congress_id

119-S-91

Introduced_date

2025-01-14

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

US SB1764

Western Wildfire Support Act of 2024

US HB1242

Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act of 2023

US SB2132

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2024

US HB9682

Ending Major Borderland Environmental Ruin from Wildfires (EMBER) Act

US SB188

Wildfire Emergency Act of 2023

US HB482

Western Wildfire Support Act of 2023 This bill establishes activities to address wildfires. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to establish spatial fire management plans before the end of FY2026. The bill establishes accounts in the Treasury for addressing wildfires, a program to train and certify citizens who wish to be able to volunteer to assist USDA or Interior during a wildland fire incident, a program to award grants to eligible states or units of local government to acquire slip-on tank and pump units for a surge capacity of resources for fire suppression, the Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize for the management of wildfire-related invasive species, and the Management of Wildfire-Related Invasive Species Technology Advisory Board. The bill also requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to reimburse a state or federal agency for the costs of wildfire suppression as a result of a fire caused by DOD activity, requires the Joint Fire Science Program to work with unmanned aircraft test ranges to carry out research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applications, requires federal and state disaster preparedness programs to include postdisaster assistance, and authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funding to a state agency to establish and operate a website to provide information relating to postfire recovery funding and resources to a community or an individual impacted by a wildland fire.

US SB1715

Wildfire Emergency Act of 2023

US HB3439

Emergency Wildfire Act of 2023

US HB8656

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2024

US HB9760

Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act

Similar Bills

US SB1764

Western Wildfire Support Act of 2024

US HB471

Fix Our Forests Act

US HB4866

Fire Weather Development Act of 2024

US SB279

Tim’s Act Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act

US HB8998

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

US HB8557

National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024

US HB1943

Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025

US HB4821

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024