Wildfire Response and Readiness Act

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Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Small Business, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Veterans' Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

Boosts wildfire defenses and supports firefighters across the nation.

This bill would make communities safer from wildfires by funding home hardening and landscape restoration. It would also improve pay, benefits, and training for federal wildland firefighters, and create new systems for smoke monitoring and data sharing to protect public health.

What Would Change

Currently, federal wildland firefighters often face lower pay and fewer benefits compared to other first responders, and communities struggle to fund wildfire protection and recovery. This bill would significantly improve firefighter compensation and support, and provide substantial funding and tools for communities and land managers to prevent, respond to, and recover from wildfires more effectively.

Key Provisions

Authorizes $1 billion each year for communities to make homes and properties more resistant to wildfires.
Requires federal agencies to increase the use of controlled burns on public lands by 10% each year for 9 years.
Boosts pay, benefits, and mental health support for federal wildland firefighters.
Creates a national system to monitor wildfire smoke and alert the public to health risks.
Establishes a new grant program to help states and tribes reforest and restore lands after wildfires.
Streamlines the process for electrical utilities to remove vegetation near power lines on federal lands to prevent fires.

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Wildfire Response and Readiness Act

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