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Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025

S. 441 Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) In committee
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  1. Introduced Feb 6
  2. Committee Feb 6
  3. Passed Senate Next
  4. Passed House Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Feb 6, 2025Next: Senate vote
628d ago Feb 6, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Summary

This bill directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to jointly develop a plan to reorganize federal wildland fire response by consolidating their authorities into a new agency called the National Wildland Firefighting Service within the Department of the Interior.

Sec. 2, Federal wildland fire response reorganization: The Secretaries must create a plan to consolidate their authorities on wildland fire preparedness, suppression, and recovery into the National Wildland Firefighting Service. The plan must include a budget for the new agency, qualifications for its Director (who is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation), and a description of resources and authorities needed for the consolidation. Within 180 days of enactment, the Secretaries must submit a report on the plan to the Senate Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the House Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in Senate (Feb 6, 2025), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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