Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act
Latest action · Jul 28, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act
This bill directs the President to establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting.
The working group shall:
- develop standards and best practices for the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting to assist in fire suppression, to provide real-time updates for firefighters, and to reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities due to wildland firefighting and related aircraft accidents;
- identify opportunities to use existing federal unmanned aircraft systems to lower the costs of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting;
- with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, assess opportunities to improve interagency coordination, the efficacy of current technology, and the potential efficacy of emerging technology;
- assess the implications for the Fourth Amendment of any standards, best practices, or recommendations under this Act with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and
- report to Congress and to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group on the results of its work.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to Sep 16, 2015; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Sep 16, 2015 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2015 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2015 | |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2015 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2015 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2015 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2015 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jul 14, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Jul 14, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jun 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jun 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2015Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 103, June 25, 2015, page H4772.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
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