S. 5293 119th Congress Senate

PREPARE Act

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to establish prepositioning protocols for aerial wildfire suppression for early… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Pete Ricketts Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Aviation and airportsColoradoFiresForests, forestry, trees

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Sep 16, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Aug 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now September 16, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

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Open Hearing Sep 16, 2026 · 10:00 AM EDT · Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5293: PREPARE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5293/

MLA

"S. 5293: PREPARE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5293/.

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S. 5293, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5293/.

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