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HR 9908 118th Congress House Emergency Management

Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024

Introduced: October 1, 2024 Introduced by: Pettersen, Brittany Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024

This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring, and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires. 

What's happening now October 1, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Obernolte, Jay
California · Oct 1, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9908: Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9908/
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"H.R. 9908: Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2024." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9908/.
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H.R. 9908, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9908/.
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