ACERO Act

Sponsor: Vince Fong (Republican-CA)January 14, 2025

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.

NASA would use advanced technology to improve how we fight wildfires from the air.

This bill would require NASA to focus its Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project on making aerial wildfire responses better. This means developing new aircraft tools and improving how different agencies share information and work together during wildfires. Communities in wildfire-prone areas could see more effective and coordinated efforts to manage wildfires.

What Would Change

Today, NASA's ACERO project exists, but it doesn't have a specific legal requirement to focus on improving aerial wildfire responses. If this bill passes, NASA would be required to use the ACERO project specifically for this purpose, developing new technologies and improving coordination among agencies. It would also introduce new rules about which companies NASA can buy drones from for these efforts.

Key Provisions

Requires NASA to use its ACERO project to improve how aircraft respond to wildfires.
Lets NASA develop advanced aircraft technologies and better ways to manage airspace for wildfire fighting.
Improves how wildfire response teams share information and real-time data.
Allows NASA to work with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as private companies and universities, on wildfire management.
Blocks NASA from buying drones from certain foreign companies for these wildfire efforts, with some exceptions.

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HR 390 · 119th Congress · January 14, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

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