Bill · HR
H.R. 527 (119th)
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025
Original
Introduced
16 January 2025
Last action
16 January 2025 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Brittany Pettersen, Jay Obernolte, Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Ami Bera
Subjects
Emergency Management
Source updated
19 June 2026
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.
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Timeline
16 January 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2025
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
16 January 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Documents
2 official files
Introduced in House
Introduced in House · EN · 16 January 2025
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 January 2025
Sponsors
- Brittany Pettersen · D · Sponsor
- Jay Obernolte · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Ami Bera · D · Cosponsor
- · hsii00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/527
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/527
- us · 119-hr-527 · source updated 19 June 2026