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
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Became law
Oct 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Oct 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Oct 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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