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Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act

Introduced: June 25, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 14, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jun 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jun 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Jun 25, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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.
Jun 25, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act

This bill directs the President to establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting.

The working group shall:

  • develop standards and best practices for the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting to assist in fire suppression, to provide real-time updates for firefighters, and to reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities due to wildland firefighting and related aircraft accidents;
  • identify opportunities to use existing federal unmanned aircraft systems to lower the costs of the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting;
  • with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, assess opportunities to improve interagency coordination, the efficacy of current technology, and the potential efficacy of emerging technology;
  • assess the implications for the Fourth Amendment of any standards, best practices, or recommendations under this Act with respect to the use of unmanned aircraft systems; and
  • report to Congress and to the National Wildfire Coordinating Group on the results of its work.
What's happening now July 28, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 3
D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 16, 2015
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jul 13, 2015
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jul 8, 2015
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Jul 7, 2015
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jun 25, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Jun 25, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2909: Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2909/
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"H.R. 2909: Protecting Firefighters and Promoting Innovation Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2909/.
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H.R. 2909, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2909/.
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