Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act

Summary

Military Support for Fighting Wildfires Act This bill addresses the role of the Department of Defense (DOD) in wildfire emergency response, including by authorizing DOD to implement the FireGuard Program to aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing information for interagency partnerships in the detection and monitoring of wildfires.

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Timeline

1. 12 October 2021

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 October 2021

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1088)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 12 October 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 12 October 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 13 October 2021

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

6. 22 October 2021

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 12 October 2021 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 12 October 2021

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 12 October 2021

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Sponsors

• Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] · D · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing
• · hspw00 · Standing
• · hlig00 · Select
• · hsas00 · Standing

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