Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act
Latest action · May 14, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (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.
- IntroducedJun 11, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2025 to Nov 25, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Original | Jun 11, 2025 |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Nov 25, 2025 |
Committees 4
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 Jun 11, 2025Markup May 14, 2026 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Dec 4, 2025Hearings Dec 11, 2025Discharged May 14, 2026 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2025 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2025 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2025 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jun 12, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2026Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 11, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Dec 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Jun 12, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jun 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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
- Jun 11, 2026H.R. 3924, Wildfire Risk Evaluation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 14, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 100, June 11, 2025, page H2656.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2039 | Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act | Related bill | Jun 11, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a quadrennial fire review, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 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.
