HR 527
119th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
Introduced: January 16, 2025
Introduced by:
Pettersen, Brittany
Democratic
· Colorado
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Jan 16, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
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
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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