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H.R. 1655 119th Congress House

Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act

Official title: To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not sub… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews.

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Cliff Bentz Republican · Oregon See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Environmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, treesHistoric sites and heritage areas
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Infrastructure developmentNatural disastersTelephone and wireless communication
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Jun 10, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 3, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Feb 27, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced in House
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Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act

This bill exempts certain post-wildfire communications infrastructure projects from specified federal environmental and historic preservation review requirements. 

Specifically, the bill exempts from review projects that (1) are to be carried out within five years of the declaration of a wildfire-related major disaster or emergency in a given area; (2) are to be carried out entirely within the area for which the major disaster or emergency was declared; and (3) will replace a communications facility damaged by the major disaster or emergency, or make improvements to a communications facility that are necessary for recovery or to prevent or mitigate a future major disaster or emergency. To qualify under the bill, a major disaster or emergency must have been declared by the President, a state governor, or a tribal chief executive. 

The bill specifies that these projects are not considered major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 or undertakings under the National Historic Preservation Act, thus exempting such projects from the review procedures required under those acts.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1655: Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1655/
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"H.R. 1655: Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1655/.
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H.R. 1655, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1655/.
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