Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act of 2018

Summary

Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act of 2018 This bill authorizes federal and state wildland firefighting agencies to operate unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., drones) in managing wildland fires. The Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior shall: jointly develop and operate a tracking system to remotely locate the positions of fire resources assigned to federal type 1 wildland fire incident management teams; establish the Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program to assign air resource advisors to such a team managing a wildland fire; establish the Rapid Response Erosion Database to provide for the automatic incorporation of spatial data related to vegetation, soils, and elevation into burn severity maps; establish the Fire Danger Assessment System for predicting the locations of future wildfires in fire-prone areas; and study the feasibility of operating aircraft at night to manage wildland fires. The Federal Emergency Management Agency may make grants to states to provide funding to certain at-risk communities for the cost-shared installation of reverse-911 systems. The bill amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require the National Fire Data Center to gather and analyze additional information on fires, including all injuries sustained by firefighters that were treated by a doctor. The National Institute of Standards and Technology to: (1) establish national teams to collect data following wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, and (2) implement a research plan for linking economic outcomes with wildfire mitigation.

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Timeline

1. 10 January 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 January 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 October 2018

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

4. 4 December 2018

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 712.

   Source: Calendars

5. 4 December 2018

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

   Source: Committee

6. 4 December 2018

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

   Source: Committee

7. 19 December 2018

   Floor

   By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-441.

   Source: Floor

8. 19 December 2018

   Committee

   By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-441.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Reported to Senate · 4 December 2018 · Official file
• Introduced in Senate · 10 January 2018 · Official file

Documents

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 4 December 2018

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 4 December 2018

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 January 2018

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 10 January 2018

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 January 2018

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Sponsors

• Maria Cantwell · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
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