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Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5782 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5782 To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 17, 2025 Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--PREPARATION Sec. 101. Firefighting account transparency. Sec. 102. Reimbursement for wildfires caused by military training. Sec. 103. Strategic wildland fire management planning. Sec. 104. Study on integrating local firefighters into wildfire response. TITLE II--WILDFIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION SUPPORT Sec. 201. Wildfire detection equipment. Sec. 202. Slip-on tank units. Sec. 203. Research and development of unmanned aircraft system fire applications. Sec. 204. Study on drone incursions on wildfire suppression. Sec. 205. Study on modernizing wildfire response technologies. TITLE III--POST-FIRE RECOVERY SUPPORT Sec. 301. Funding for online guides for post-disaster assistance. Sec.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5782
Joe Neguse U.S. Representative
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