US SB2015 | 2025-2026 | 119th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-09-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-09-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western and southeastern United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Indian Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes.
Title
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2025
Sponsors
| Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] | Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC] | Sen. John Curtis [R-UT] | Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] |
| Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL] | Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635. |
| 2026-09-17 | Senate | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. |
| 2025-12-17 | Senate | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| 2025-06-10 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3889 (Related) 2025-06-10 - Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
