HR 836
Passed a chamber
Requires the Forest Service and the Interior Department to evaluate the container aerial firefighting system, a method of dropping fire retardant from aircraft, and report the results to Congress.
Official title: Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-JAN-2025
Referred
31-JAN-2025
Passed
05-FEB-2025
Senate
Received
06-FEB-2025
- Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to jointly evaluate the container aerial firefighting system's use in mitigating and suppressing wildfires within 90 days of enactment
- Requires a report of the evaluation results to the appropriate House and Senate committees within 120 days of enactment
- Consults the National Interagency Aviation Committee and the Interagency Airtanker Board in carrying out the evaluation and report
- Defines the appropriate committees as the House Agriculture and Natural Resources committees and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Energy and Natural Resources committees
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 05-FEB-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Agriculture Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 3 D■ 2 R
3 Democrats
2 Republicans