Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 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.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025
This bill establishes additional support for forest restoration, the power needs of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals) during extreme weather events, and wildfire mitigation and management.
The bill directs the Forest Service to conduct a 10-year pilot program to carry out up to 20 conservation finance projects to protect, restore, or improve National Forest System land. Such conservation finance projects must (1) leverage other federal or nonfederal investments in addition to funds provided by the Forest Service; and (2) use loaned capital from an investor to cover up-front project costs, with the loaned capital repaid over time by conservation finance project beneficiaries.
The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to improve the energy resilience and energy efficiency of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals).
The bill expands DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program to include support for the use of fire-resistant materials and to increase the amount of financial assistance that may be provided to households for increasing the energy efficiency of their homes.
The bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to detecting and monitoring wildfires.
The Forest Service and Interior must also establish one or more centers in western states to train individuals in methods relevant to the mitigation of wildfire risk.
Additionally, the Forest Service must establish a grant program to support workforce development in forestry and fire management.
Finally, the Forest Service may issue grants to increase community capacity for certain land stewardship activities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2025 to Jul 9, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 30, 2025 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jul 9, 2025 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Jul 17, 2025Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Jan 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Aquatic ecology
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Ecology
- Economic development
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational guidance
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Health facilities and institutions
- Infrastructure development
- Land use and conservation
- Military facilities and property
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Public-private cooperation
- State and local government operations
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Vocational and technical education
- Water use and supply
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2025Reference Change Senate
- Jan 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
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