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HR 5560 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act

Introduced: October 12, 2021 Introduced by: Garamendi, John Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Oct 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Oct 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Oct 12, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Oct 12, 2021
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1088)
Oct 12, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act

This bill addresses the role of the Department of Defense (DOD) in wildfire emergency response, including by authorizing DOD to implement the FireGuard Program to aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing information for interagency partnerships in the detection and monitoring of wildfires.

What's happening now October 22, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Oct 12, 2021
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Oct 12, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5560: Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5560/
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"H.R. 5560: Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5560/.
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H.R. 5560, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5560/.
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