A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes.
This bill directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to create a new "National Wildland Firefighting Service" within the Department of the Interior, consolidating federal wildfire response efforts currently split between their agencies. The plan must include a budget, qualifications for the Director (to be appointed by the President with Senate approval), and details on resources needed for the consolidation. The Secretaries must submit this plan to specific congressional committees within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The bill directly affects federal wildfire management programs under the USDA and Interior Departments, aiming to streamline response operations through structural reorganization.
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in committee
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Feb 6, 2025
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Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Tim Sheehy
RRepublican
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Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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