HR 1045
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025
Summary
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025 This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Mike Kennedy [R-UT-3]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Introduced
- 2025-02-06
- Latest action
- 2025-12-16: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee referrals
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2025-12-16
- Agriculture Committee: House · Discharged From · 2025-09-15
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Reported By · 2025-09-15
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-07-23
- Natural Resources Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-07-23
Recent actions
- 2025-12-16: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- 2025-12-15: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-12-15: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)
- 2025-12-15: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5876-5877)
- 2025-12-15: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1045.