S 350 119th Congress
Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025
A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. | No additional detail supplied.Discharge · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Library of Congress · Code 14500 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionReference Change Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov |
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Wildfire Emergency Act of 2025This bill establishes additional support for forest restoration, the power needs of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals) during extreme weather events, and wildfire mitigation and management.The bill directs the Forest Service to conduct a 10-year pilot program to carry out up to 20 conservation finance projects to protect, restore, or improve National Forest System land. Such conservation finance projects must (1) leverage other federal or nonfederal investments in addition to funds provided by the Forest Service; and (2) use loaned capital from an investor to cover up-front project costs, with the loaned capital repaid over time by conservation finance project beneficiaries.The Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to improve the energy resilience and energy efficiency of critical facilities (e.g., hospitals).The bill expands DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program to include support for the use of fire-resistant materials and to increase the amount of financial assistance that may be provided to households for increasing the energy efficiency of their homes.The bill directs the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to take certain actions related to detecting and monitoring wildfires.The Forest Service and Interior must also establish one or more centers in western states to train individuals in methods relevant to the mitigation of wildfire risk.Additionally, the Forest Service must establish a grant program to support workforce development in forestry and fire management.Finally, the Forest Service may issue grants to increase community capacity for certain land stewardship activities.
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- Reference Change SenateJul 17, 2025
- Introduced in SenateJan 30, 2025