US HB836 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation with respect to the use of the container aerial firefighting system (CAFFS), and for other purposes.
Title
Emergency Wildfire Fighting Technology Act of 2025
Sponsors
| Rep. David Valadao [R-CA] | Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA] | Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA] | Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV] |
| Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA] | Rep. George Whitesides [D-CA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
| 2025-02-05 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2025-02-05 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H478) |
| 2025-02-05 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 836. |
| 2025-02-05 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H478-480) |
| 2025-02-05 | House | Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Introduced in House |
