HR 836 United States House · 119th Congress

Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025

HR 836, the Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025, requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to evaluate the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS) for wildfire suppression. Within 90 days of enactment, they must assess CAFFS's potential to mitigate and suppress wildfires, and submit a report to relevant congressional committees within 120 days. This procedural bill directly affects federal wildfire response agencies and focuses solely on mandating an evaluation of this specific technology, with no new funding or policy changes proposed.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action Feb 6, 2025

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478)

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Committee

Referred 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.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors