Bill Tracker / 119th Congress / H.R. 527
H.R. 527 · 119th Congress
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
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Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. — 01/16/2025
What This Bill Does
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.
Summary as of 01/16/2025, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.
Introduced
01/16/2025
Policy Area
Emergency Management
Cosponsors
4