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 See on congress.gov

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Jan 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Sep 19, 2013	Senate · vote #203	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 527	Passed	97–2	See who voted →

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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 January 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 14

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Cosponsors 3

Bera, Ami

California · Jun 18, 2026

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Mar 11, 2025

Obernolte, Jay

California · Jan 16, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 527: Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-527/

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"H.R. 527: Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-527/.

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H.R. 527, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-527/.

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