BRUSH Fires Act
Latest action · Mar 5, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2025 to Jul 10, 2025; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | May 21, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 29, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 10, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 21, 2025 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 21, 2025Markup Mar 5, 2026 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2026Hearings Feb 10, 2026Discharged Mar 5, 2026 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2026Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Mar 5, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 5, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 10, 2026Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Feb 3, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- May 21, 2025Introduced in House
- May 21, 2025Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 27, 2026H.R. 3553, BRUSH Fires ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 5, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 86, May 21, 2025, page H2362.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48779 | Hazardous Fuels and Wildfire Mitigation: Background and Congressional Considerations | Report | May 8, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7567 | Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 | Related bill | May 19, 2026 |
| HR 10061 | Wildfire Response and Readiness Act | Related bill | Sep 23, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a study with respect to the effectiveness of available wildfire mitigation methods in reducing the risk of wildfire and the severity of damages from wildfire in communities within or adjacent to shrubland ecosystems, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BRUSH Fires Act
- Building Resiliency and Understanding of Shrublands to Halt Fires Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 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.
