Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
Latest action · Dec 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 6, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2025Discharged Jul 23, 2025Markup Jul 23, 2025Reported Sep 15, 2025 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2025Hearings Jun 10, 2025 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2025Discharged Sep 15, 2025 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 14, 2025 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2025 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5876-5878)
- Dec 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)
- Dec 15, 2025Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1045.
- Dec 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 15, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-280, Part I.
- Sep 15, 2025Committee on Agriculture discharged.
- Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 236.
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 10, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 3, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Mar 14, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4530 | Mike Kennedy R-UT | Jul 15, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5876–H5878Text printed H5876 | Mike Kennedy R-UT, Pablo José Hernández D-PR, Pete Stauber R-MN | Dec 15, 2025 |
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.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 25, February 6, 2025, page H556.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 457 | Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Feb 6, 2025 |
| S 2151 | Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 19, 2024 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 15, 2025Engrossed in House
- Sep 15, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
