A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a plan to reorganize Federal wildland fire response, and for other purposes.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Feb 6, 2025
What it does
The bill would direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to jointly develop a plan to consolidate federal wildland fire response authorities under a new agency called the National Wildland Firefighting Service within the Department of the Interior. The plan must include a budget, qualifications for a Senate-confirmed Presidential appointee as Director, and details on necessary resources and authorities for consolidation. The Secretaries must submit this plan to specified congressional committees within 180 days of enactment. The bill affects federal wildland fire preparedness, suppression, and recovery efforts by reorganizing them under a single Interior Department agency.
No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.