HR 527
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
Summary
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025 This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Brittany Pettersen [D-CO-7]
- Cosponsors
- 3
- Policy area
- Emergency Management
- Introduced
- 2025-01-16
- Latest action
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-16: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House
- 2025-01-16: Introduced in House