H.R. 1923

119th Congress

In Committee

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

Sponsored byDemocrat:Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CA· Introduced 6 March 2025
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Actions

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

28 March 2025·1 year ago

Summary

Introduced in House · Updated 4 August 2025

Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025

This bill addresses wildfires by expanding emergency and disaster assistance, establishing scientific monitoring, and increasing assistance for firefighting personnel. The bill is based on recommendations in a 2023 report from the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, a congressionally established group of public and private experts.

The bill expands and expedites federal assistance for wildfire response, recovery, and mitigation by

  • expanding presidential wildfire emergency and major disaster declarations to include natural hazard events stemming from the wildfire (e.g., landslides, floods) within three years after the fire,
  • requiring payment to recipients within 90 days for certain emergency land restoration and disaster assistance for wildfires, and
  • requiring increased accessibility of wildfire risk reduction and recovery grants.

Additionally, it authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to allow certain emergency and disaster grant recipients to use unexpended management cost funds for five years, including for capacity-building.

The bill requires federal agencies to enhance scientific wildfire monitoring and analysis by

  • establishing a Joint Office of the Fire Environment Center to provide information and services to support community decision-making,
  • establishing a national smoke monitoring and alert system for wildfire smoke, and
  • developing dynamic risk maps.

The bill increases assistance for wildland firefighting personnel by

  • establishing grants to colleges and training programs for educational or vocational programs in wildfire emergency management,
  • increasing flexibility for wildland firefighters to retain retirement benefits, and
  • establishing assistance (e.g., notification, counseling) for families of wildland firefighting personnel who are critically injured or killed.

Timeline

13 actions

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

    28 March 2025 · Committee

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

    7 March 2025 · Committee

  3. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  4. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  5. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  6. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  7. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  8. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  9. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  10. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  11. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business, 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.

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  12. Introduced in House

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

  13. Introduced in House

    6 March 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

5 cosponsors

Sponsor

Democrat:Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]CA

Cosponsors

  • Democrat360%
  • Republican240%

Classification

Policy area

Emergency Management

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 3 on 6 March 2025 to 5 on 2 September 2025.

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