Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
H.R. 836119th Congress

Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025

Passed the HouseRep. David Valadao (R-CA-22)6 sections · 1 min read
Version: Referred in Senate · Feb 6, 2025

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025.

(a) Evaluation

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly conduct an evaluation of the container aerial firefighting system to assess the use of such system to mitigate and suppress wildfires.

(b) Report

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board, shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees a report that includes the results of the evaluation required under subsection (a).

(c) Appropriate committees defined

In this section, the term appropriate committees means—

(1) the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.

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